Helped!

Helped!

Psalms 143:10 AMP

[10] ¶Teach me to do Your will [so that I may please You], For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

This is one of the psalms credited to David, the man whom God referred to as a man after His own heart. Unlike some of the other psalms in the bible, which had situations and backgrounds to the songs provided, this one does not have any circumstance or story provided in support of the song. The first lesson that comes to mind is that I do not need a reason to find God, or to seek Him with all that I am and have. I do not need a flash in the sky to acknowledge the power of God at work in and around me. He is not God because I agree He is; in fact, let the world end today, and God will still be God. After all, He has spoken of the end of the present earth and heaven, so if all changes today, He already gave us ample warnings. He wants to have a relationship with His creation, because it was for His pleasure that we all are created, and it is in giving Him glory that our lives truly find meaning and relevance. 

This is why the verse above is quite critical. It is a sign of total surrender and acceptance of my weaknesses and need for dependence on God, that this prayer has to be mine too. The world has interests and desires that are in full opposition to those that God promotes. The world system and God will never agree on anything eternal, because both are from different sources, and have different eternal priorities. They will never agree, no matter how far or hard you draw them. The prayer in the verse above comes from a heart that has weighed available options and come to the best option available. This best option is to know and follow God's will. From a place of personal experience, I can say that this is a journey that one never graduates from, or grow out of. It is not an experience you can mature out of. Like David, I need to make up my mind what my life's pursuits and priorities will be, conscious of the truth that an account will be demanded by God of the life He formed to give Him glory. 

I note also that David was not just focused on knowing; he was committed to doing the will of God. It is not enough to seek knowledge for show-off; there is no value in that. The value of life is in pleasing God by doing what He asks. The bible says without faith, it is impossible to please God, but the value of faith is best seen in what I do. If I claim to know and follow God, the fruits of my life,  seen from what I do, how I do them, and why, will be the strongest evidence of my faith. It will be a grave mistake to let the system of the world dictate terms and conditions. There are many slippery slopes the world will disguise as attractive options, but when God is your focus and help, you have nothing to fear. If He does not know you, you have everything to fear. He is the One who can help me through the valley of the shadow of death. He is the One who can level the mountains. Do I truly know, have and follow Him? God's time of favour is here.