Psalm 143 is David’s cry for help as he thinks about the enemies that surround him. Midway through the song, David turns to God and utters six two-word requests. We looked at the first one yesterday, “love me.”
Assured that God will answer his request to experience God’s love in the morning, David goes on. His second request is “show me.” In that request, David expresses his longing for God.
“Reveal to me the way I should go because I long for You.” [vs 8b HCSB]
Show me the way I should go. Once we are made aware and experience God’s love for us, that prompts us to want more of God. We begin to long to be close to Him.
To be close to God requires that we do His will as it is revealed to us in both the written Scriptures and through the illumination of the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 2 reminds us that spiritual things cannot be understood with natural abilities, they must be revealed to us by the Holy Spirit.
“Now God has revealed these things to us by the Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man that is in him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.” [vs 10-11 HCSB]
We must lean on the Spirit of God in our daily lives, listening for His direction and voice. He alone can give us spiritual knowledge to discern what is happening in our individual lives, in our nation, in our churches. He alone will give us the wisdom to follow our LORD and Savior, doing His will and embracing His attitudes.
As we experience God’s love every morning, let it be accompanied with a prayer for the Holy Spirit to lead and guide us through our day.
