God is good.. =) I read the psalm in a hurry in the afternoon, because my mum was hurrying me to have my lunch. One verse caught my attention, and i felt "wow", that meant alot.. Thought about it. But since i read it in a hurry, nothing else really spoke to me. Until just now, i sat down to read it again from NIV, God spoke to me about three things we can learn from the psalm. Then i went to the NASB, life application bible.. and WOW, the three points were further explained and emphasized.
1) Deliverance of the Lord - Vs 7, 11, 15-21 talk about His deliverance, and in fact, throughout the psalms that we have been reading, David spoke about asking God for deliverance and praising God for His deliverance. God will remove all our sins, He will deliver us from our pains and enemies. And enemies do not stop at those people who are against us, but also those who are against God's way of living, meaning temptations like money, success, pretige, which draw us away from God. And definitely, the biggest enemy, satan.
2) Guidance from the Lord - vs 4-5, 8-10. The first step for us is to want to be guided by God. And then God will guide us, through leaders, Him speaking to us.. and of course, the bible. By reading and learning from it, we gain wisdom to peceive God's direction for our lives. Do you find yourself becoming wiser in the Lord as you read psalms?
Many things in this world call for our attention and lead us in different directions. Just like advertisement tells u slim is beautiful, so many people choose to go on diet or go for slimming when some are not very fat. Shows, people around us tell us that only when you are successful, rich and famous, then can you have power and enjoy happiness. What about those people like leslie chung who committed suicide? (no offense to him though, i like some of his songs..) Remember always, God's way is the best way for us.
3) Confidence in the Lord - Vs 3. When we trust in God, He will deliver us, and guide us so that we prosper. But God did not promise a bed of roses, we may still face trials and setbacks in life. But one more thing we need to remember, God can and will always turn bad situations into good. He makes all things beautiful in His time. If we put our hopes in the Lord, we will never be put to shame.
Remember i said there is one verse that caught my attention in psalm 25? It is verse 14: God confides in those who fear Him. In NASB version, the secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him. WOW. Imagine God confides in you?! He let you know His secrets?! How many times we wish we could know God's plans for us, how many times we pray and waiting for His answer is quite painful? I want to know! But this verse says there is a criteria...those who fear Him.
To fear God is to recognise God for who He is: holy, almighty, righteous, pure, all-knowing, all-powerful and all-wise. And when we have a correct view of Him, we see ourselves correctly: sinful, weak, frail and needy. It's not for us to feel bad about ourselves.. but it is for us to see how BIG God is, and how small we are. When we recognise who God is and who we are, we will fall at his feet in humble respect. Only then will He show us how to choose His ways.
"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."
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