Digging for Gold

“Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.”- Psalm 25:4-5 

 

          The mood of this Psalm of David is one of both prayer and meditation. It appears in rotation starting with prayer in the first seven verses. David called out to God to show him the path that had been laid out for him. God, in all His wisdom, has a path for us all. We should do as David had done and ask the Lord to reveal it to us that we might not go astray. Distractions abound in this life, yet we have an advocate in the Holy Spirit to guide and teach us in the things that we should be saying, doing and in the way we should be going. David identifies with His God succinctly as he calls Him his God and Savior. David knows in his heart that salvation comes from God alone. He has placed all his hope in the God of his youth.

          As Christians we should do as David has done. When we pray to our Heavenly Father, we need to ask Him to teach us and show us the things we need to know to better serve Him. Guidance from God Almighty is far greater than any guidance received from mortal man. Just as David relied on God’s truth, so should we. In doing so both David and by association we, are assuming and accepting that His truth is the one and only truth worth knowing and following. There are other thoughts and statements in this life that happen to be true, but none that bring life to our bones and hope for the future. 

To be taught by God’s Holy Spirit requires discipline and focus. We cannot know God without spending time with Him. It’s in the quality and not the quantity of time we spend with God that lies the key to our success. Just as one cultivates his crops, we must cultivate our relationship with our God. We will begin to have a greater understanding of His word and His ways as we work the soil of our relationship. He doesn’t simply give us knowledge to be wasted. We must dig for it as one would dig for gold and then once knowledge is found, we are to apply it to our lives. If we truly believe that God is the Lord of all then we will adhere to His teachings for they are life and breath to those who believe. Until next time, walk with the Lord and be a blessing.

Richard Keller

Bread of Life Ministries