Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - WordAction - The Foundry Publishing House of Kansas City, Missouri, United States - The Global Church of the Nazarene for Monday, 22 January 2018 "A Faithful Guide" by Billy Huddleston - Psalm 5:1-12

Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - WordAction - The Foundry Publishing House of Kansas City, Missouri, United States - The Global Church of the Nazarene for Monday, 22 January 2018 "A Faithful Guide" by Billy Huddleston - Psalm 5:1-12 
Psalm 5:1 (0) For the leader. On wind instruments. A psalm of David:

2 (1) Give ear to my words, Adonai,
consider my inmost thoughts.
3 (2) Listen to my cry for help,
my king and my God, for I pray to you.
4 (3) Adonai, in the morning you will hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my needs before you
and wait expectantly.

5 (4) For you are not a God
who takes pleasure in wickedness;
evil cannot remain with you.
6 (5) Those who brag cannot stand before your eyes,
you hate all who do evil,
7 (6) you destroy those who tell lies,
Adonai detests men of blood and deceivers.

8 (7) But I can enter your house
because of your great grace and love;
I will bow down toward your holy temple
in reverence for you.
9 (8) Lead me, Adonai, in your righteousness
because of those lying in wait for me;
make your way straight before me.
10 (9) For in their mouths there is nothing sincere,
within them are calamities,
their throats are open tombs,
they flatter with their tongues.
11 (10) God, declare them guilty!
Let them fall through their own intrigues,
For their many crimes, throw them down;
since they have rebelled against you.

12 (11) But let all who take refuge in you rejoice,
let them forever shout for joy!
Shelter them; and they will be glad,
those who love your name.

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Today, traveling has been simplified. GPS has made possible for even the least-experienced traveler to get from point A to point B. There’s no longer a need for the skill of map reading; technology has taken care of that for us. But, what happens when the signal is interrupted?
In Psalm 5, David needed direction for the here and now. So, he called on the One he knew to be a faithful Guide and acknowledged that he needed His leadership to arrive at his appointed destination. He needed the discernment and righteousness that can only come from this Guide. David desired to do well, to arrive at his destination with a right character and proper actions that would please his God. Perhaps the greatest evidence of this desire is the acknowledgement that he couldn’t do it on his own.
In a culture with little regard for the truth, how can one make it on the journey with so many things interrupting the signal? By realizing it can’t be done without fully relying on and following the direction of the faithful Guide.

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Hymn for Today: "Guide Me, O Great Jehovah" by William Williams, translated by William Williams and Peter Williams 
1. Guide me, O my great Redeemer,
pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but you are mighty;
hold me with your powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
feed me now and evermore,
feed me now and evermore.
2. Open now the crystal fountain,
where the healing waters flow.
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
lead me all my journey through.
Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
ever be my strength and shield,
ever be my strength and shield.
3. When I tread the verge of Jordan,
bid my anxious fears subside.
Death of death, and hell's Destruction,
land me safe on Canaan's side.
Songs of praises, songs of praises
I will ever sing to you,
I will ever sing to you.

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Thought for Today: Thus says Adonai, your Redeemer,
the Holy One of Isra’el:
“I am Adonai, your God,
who teaches you for your own good,
who guides you on the path you should take. (Isaiah 48:17).
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Please pray: Many people in Norway will come to know Yeshua as their Messiah and receive the fullness of the Ruach HaKodesh.
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