Psalm 25:10-11

Scripture

All the paths of the LORD are lovingkindness and truth to those who keep His covenant and His testimonies. For Your name sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity for it is great.

Observation

Lovingkindness, truth, and obedience are tell-tale signs that you are on the path of the LORD. Immediately I want God to search my heart, to see if there is anything contrary to His way in me.

Loving God and one another sums up the 10 commandments. He had to command us love, because He knew our hearts and that we would only love those who were easy to love. I love my husband and children. But they are easy to love. Loving those who have hurt you, well that doesn't come naturally at all. So my way of reacting to these people is to distant myself from them. I'm not mean, I just choose to stay away. But is that the lovingkindness God is referring to here? Well, when I search my heart I don't see it as lovingkindness, I see it as self-preservation and a lack of trust. Which is a sin.

King David, knew what it meant to love someone who was not easy to love. King Saul whom David loved like a father, persecuted David and wanted his life. Yet when David had chances to take Saul's life he didn't. He instead chose to love.

Furthermore, You must have God's truth in order to walk in the freedom in which He provides. If I didn't have God's truth I would be constantly pondering other paths, instead of the one in which He is leading me on. I am thirsty for God's truth. Once you taste it, nothing else compares. My feelings and emotions can be so distorted. I need His truth to release me from the battle of my mind. His truth is a double-edge sword, but so healing at the same time. O how I love the truth of God!

Application

Today I choose to let my heart love those who would choose to hurt me rather than love me back. I choose to believe the best in those around me even if their actions say otherwise.

Prayer

Father, You came so that we would be free and never again be a slave to sin (Gal. 5:1) It is Your truth that set me free. I confess that I am unloving at times and that this comes from a lack of trust in You. Father , You deserve my trust. Forgive me LORD, for my iniquity is great. Create in me a clean heart, one that abounds in love for both You and Your people. I praise You for Your lovingkindness toward me. I praise You for Your truth that ministers to the deepest needs of my heart. Purify me for Your goodness sake.