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“Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long” (Psalm 25:4-5, NIV).
Have you ever been in a season where you didn’t know what direction to take? Or maybe you were driving in the car without a GPS and confused about which right the map suggested was the next one? Maybe you even had a plan, but watched it fall to pieces when your health decided to crash. No matter the circumstance, seasons of confusion, anxiety, and transition are uncomfortable. But David provides a model of prayer for uncertain believers in Psalm 25.
At the beginning of this Psalm, David asks God to “Show me your ways.” Like David, we often want immediate answers. If God hasn’t answered in 5 or 10 minutes, we grow impatient. What I love about David’s statement here, however, is that he asks first for God’s ways, not merely His outcomes. And this is hard to do. If we want God to show us His ways, that means we have to be willing to do 2 things:
1. Surrender our personal timelines.
2. Ask God to shape our character and not just our circumstances.
Sometimes, our dreams and plans align with God’s. Sometimes they don’t. Sometimes God changes the circumstances. Sometimes, He changes us within those circumstances. And this is why David then prays, “Teach me your paths.” David doesn’t just want to be shown the right way; he wants to know what God wants for Him. Talk about a change of agenda!
For God to teach us His paths, we need to remember that faith is learned over time. Thankfully, God guides us through a process of clarity. While I’ve even wished that God would reveal everything to me at once, I’ve realized that one step at a time keeps me humble and dependent on Him. Spiritual growth requires humility and teachability in slow seasons. It’s trusting God even when you can’t see the path forward, because you know His character. You know and trust that He is good.