It’s Father’s Day. My father, My dad, always believed in Jesus. He didn’t always live like he should. But he never stopped believing in the God of the Bible and in his grace and mercy. I want to follow his example of believing no matter what. This picture is of my mom and dad when they eloped. They ran away from Oroville where my mom was from and got married in this Lutheran Church in Cashmere Washington that my dad’s dad and granddad helped build. (I don’t know if those details matter in what I am talking about here. I just thought that you, my reader might be curious.)
I sometimes go astray. I falter. I feel like such a failure and it makes me want to hide from God.
I read this in Psalm 25 today.
“The Lord is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray. He leads the humble in doing right, teaching them his way. The Lord leads with unfailing love and faithfulness all who keep his covenant and obey his demands. For the honor of your name, O Lord, forgive my many, many sins. Who are those who fear the Lord? He will show them the path they should choose.
Psalm 25:8-12 – NLT
There is mention of obedience here but i don’t want to miss 3 things.
- he shows the proper path to those who go astray.
- He leads the humble in doing right, teaching them his way
- The Lord leads with unfailing love and faithfulness all who keep his covenant and obey his demands.
Number 1&2 are great but number 3 seems like a problem. I don’t obey all his demands. The Bible says all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God so we are all in the boat.
But Jesus did obey all his demands, and his obedience is transferable. I sin and fall short. But Jesus is pure and unstained by sin. He died to pay for my sins so I can be forgiven.
I need to act humbly, confess my sin to God and receive forgiveness and cleansing. Then I can be lead by Him in doing right.
It’s a continual process. Like the shampoo bottle says rinse, lather and repeat.
Trip up, get up, confess, be forgiven, be shown where God is leading and get back on “the proper path”.
God wants to forgive us and get us back on the proper path. ❤️
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