Shalom I wish you a blessed and harmonious day. A day full of love and peace in your heart and around you. All that is to come from thee in love and peace!
Show me, Lord, your ways!
Psalm 25: 4 O Lord, show me thy ways, and teach me thy ways;
Similar to Moses (Ex 33:13), the psalmist deeply longs to know God’s way of proceeding and to understand his plans and intentions. Pray passionately to recognize and understand God’s heart, and to accept his ways without if and but. This includes his wishes and intentions, his wisdom, his holy principles, and even his suffering (compare Phil 3, 10-11). By doing this, you will know God Himself. Stretch out for the power of the Holy Spirit, in your life. Wines tear before God’s throne, every tear will be a prayer heard. God will give you all time, time of grief, pain and supplication.
It may well happen that as a believer you are a little familiar with God’s works (ie, redemption, miracles, cf Ps 103, 7), but without really knowing God personally or understanding his ways (ie the wisdom principles according to which he Acts and guides you). The psalmist shows the following basic principles according to which you know God’s ways and can walk them successfully.
You must have the sincere desire to be guided by God in ways which are right according to the truth-measures of His Word (Ps 25: 4). You shall not go your ways, but will know the ways of the Lord, and follow them. For only these ways are the right ways, these ways will lead you closer to God.
You must be willing to trust “God all day” (Ps 25: 5), and place your hope in Him. You receive the “blessing from the Lord” when you ask for him with a louder heart (Ps 24: 6) and deepen your relationship with God. You should not forget, especially when you pray to God, praise him in his house, or commemorate the Lord’s supper of his grace (1 Cor 11: 23-27, 2 Cor., 14-18, Hepr 12, 14). The praise in any form, whether it be singing, dancing, flagging, with the tambourines, releases a mighty power of God, and the Lord’s Supper deepens your relationship with him.
You have to subdue God humblely (Ps 25: 9), commit to a God-pleasing lifestyle (Ps 25:10), and fear the Lord (ie, deeply respect him, reverence, and acknowledge his awesome power and authority. And you should be the center of your life, it is always by your side and not just figurative, but how would you behave if Jesus Christ would now come to you in a physical form and never leave your side? You should be able to do the same thing as you do, if you would speak the same way as you speak, deepen your thoughts and answer these questions, do it with all yours, be sure this is not just a thought, Jesus Christ is always with you Behave as if he were with you physically.
Since sin prevents you from knowing God and His ways, you must remove everything from your life, which is contrary to God or violates His standards. After that, you must allow His forgiveness and let you purify Him spiritually (Ps 25: 4-8). “If I had planned to commit sacrifice (that is, sin) in my heart, the Lord would not hear” (Ps 66:18). Would you commit the sins that you commit when Jesus is physically with you? Or would you abandon your sin and deepen your relationship with your Lord and Savior?
Difficulties are not necessarily a sign of God’s disgrace (see Ps.25, 20). It does not reflect your sin parameter, visible to all, do not let this ever persuade you. You are not a bad person, or as you like, a bad Christian if you have trouble in your life. You can eliminate them in the name of Jesus, Step by Step. Knowing God and pursuing His intentions can bring you suffering and loss (for example, Acts 14, 22, 20, 22-23). The greatest example to this is Jesus himself, who fully followed God’s plan and yet suffered grief, betrayal, and death on the cross. You should know if you live according to God’s plans and goals, the difficulty, resistance, rejection, and persecution waiting for you. People will leave you and you will leave people. You will make people aware of sin, it will not necessarily mean open arms for you. All this and more can be painful for you, sacrifice and suffering will make you grow in faith and become strong.
Jesus Christ has persecuted his mission from the Father in spite of all disappointment and pain, and has followed him until the end, until death. He has fulfilled his mission, and he knew that his vocation was death on the cross. He has fought with his fate, but he has gone his way determined by God.
In Matthew 26: 36-46, Jesus is able to comprehend his inner struggles well, saying, Jesus comes with them into a good called Gethsemane. And he saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray. And he took Peter to himself, and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be afflicted, and greatly grieved him. Then saith he unto them, My soul is deeply troubled unto death. Stay here and watch me! And he went forward a little, threw himself upon his face, and prayed, and said, My father! If it is possible, let this cup pass by me; But not as I will, but as you will. And he came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, Can you not watch with me for an hour? Watch and pray, lest ye fall into temptation. The spirit is willing; But the meat is weak. Again, for the second time, he went, prayed, and said, My father, if this cup can not pass by, without I drink it, let thy will be done. And he cometh, and findseth them asleep; For their eyes were heavy. And he left them, went again, prayed for the third time, and said the same words. Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, Do you still sleep and rest? Behold, the hour is near, and the Son of man is delivered into the hands of sinners. Arise, let us go! Behold, who betrayeth me, is near.
Pass this cup past me. What Christ meant by the “chalice” has been much discussed and discussed. It is doubtful that Christ asked to be saved from physical death, because that was the reason why he had come to earth. He had prepared his whole life to fulfill this mission and to die for the sin of mankind (cf Mk10, 33-34, Lk9, 51;
More likely, Jesus asked to be saved from the torment of separation from God the Father, the separation which is the ultimate punishment for the sin that he finally had to endure when he was literally guilty and she punished him (See 2Cor5, 21). When Christ prayed, he knew that his physical death would be accepted as a full atonement for sin, but the aspect of spiritual death, the separation from the Father, was much worse. Nevertheless, Jesus prayed: “But not I will, but as thou wilt.” Then he undertakes to endure both mental death and spiritual separation from his heavenly Father in order to secure and secure our spiritual salvation (Mt27, 46). Obviously the father heard his prayer and gave him the strength to drink the bitter “cup of suffering” which was before him (see Heb 5, 7).
Please also ask the Father, “Lord thy will shall be done”, “not mine,” I will give up my own selfish ways and follow you. No matter what may happen, I hold on to you, because I know you are always with me. If you are for me, who is to be against me, in Jesus’ wonderful name, AMEN, Maranatha.
God’s protection, blessings and peace
Your Pastor Thorsten Wurm (Lionheart)