Pray through the Alphabet!

Psalm 25

Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Monday, April 10.

Psalm 25 is a twenty-two-verse acrostic poem, just like Psalm 119 is a twenty-two-stanza acrostic, both walk us through the twenty-two characters of the Hebrew alphabet. Psalm 25:4-5 emphasizes David’s purpose in doing so, “Make me know Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; for You I wait all the day.” He said it twice – “teach me.” The acrostic formatting was intended to be a learning device to assist in the memorization of this psalm.

God is our teacher, and His Word is the primary text from which He teaches us how to follow His ways. God desires for us to learn how to be in a relationship with Him – to learn from Him and to trust Him in every situation of our lives. David expressed this in verses 8-9, “Good and upright is the Lord; therefore He instructs sinners in the way. He leads the humble in justice, and He teaches the humble His way.”

This is why Jesus Christ came from Heaven to Earth – to show us the way to the Father (John 14:6) and to teach us how to walk in His ways (1 John 2:5-6). Jesus not only provides access to God through the forgiveness of our sins, but He lived before us the ways of God. Jesus’ life is a teaching tool greater than any acrostic poem; in fact, Jesus is the alpha and the omega (Revelation 22:13), the A to Z of what it looks like to live a life that pleases God. We must study His life and learn to walk in His ways.

Seize the moment and pray Psalm 25, meditating upon God’s goodness through every letter of the alphabet. Pray from A to Z, thank God for all the people, places, and things that come to your mind.

God bless you!

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