Don't just know. Live in truth.

{Daily Selah}

Lead me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all the day long. (Psalm 25:5)

When my oldest son was 3 years old, he didn't want to simply know about the mechanics of written language (i.e. letter sounds). He had an insatiable desire to put that basic knowledge into practice and be able to read. He developed such a love for reading that school testing showed he was reading at a college level by the time he was 8. 


Psalm 25:5, David didn't want to simply know about the Lord.  In other words, he wanted to put that knowledge into practice. Notice he didn't simply request, "Teach me." He wanted the Lord to lead him into truth. David's desire was to live according to truth, not just to know truth.  


No matter how long we've known the Lord or how much we've studied His Word, we still need Him to teach us and lead us into truth. He doesn't want us to simply know about Him. He wants us to put that knowledge into practice. In other words, live in truth and live for Him.  

Don't just know. Live in truth. 


Father, thank You for giving us Your Word and for revealing Yourself to us. Give us humble, teachable spirits like David had. Lead us into truth and teach us Your truth and Your ways, for Your glory. In Jesus' Name, amen. 



{Daily Selah} is a mini-devotional, a pause to ponder about the Lord and how He wants us to live. 

This is the way

Daily Selah is a mini-devotional, a pause to ponder about the Lord and how He wants us to live.

Have you ever asked someone for directions and ended up lost? It happened to me once in MIlwaukee. One day, about 15 years ago, I was on my way to a training class at Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF). I followed the directions given by a gas station attendant, only to find myself in a very dangerous neighborhood. 

After passing a church, I decided to turn around and go in. Choir practice was going on, so I waited until the singing stopped and approached one of the ladies present. She directed me to the pastor, who was in his office. 

That pastor "just happened" to be on the board of the Milwaukee branch of CEF, and also was someone I had enjoyed listening to on the radio many times. As my mother would say, "Ain't God good?"  Needless to say, I found the CEF offices very easily then and was exactly on time for the class. 

God will never lead us in the wrong path. He will always show us the right way to go.  He says, "This is the way, walk ye in it" (Isaiah 30:21).

Sometimes, we stray off His path and go the wrong way. I'm so thankful for the Holy Spirit who will let us know, "Hey, that's the wrong way. Go back. Go back God's way."

God didn't leave us without direction or without a road map. He has shown us clearly in His Word which way to go and how to live. 

He says, "This is the way, walk ye in it."


Father, thank You so much for giving us Your Word, for showing us right paths. Keep us from the wrong path, Father, I pray and help us to follow only Your direction for our lives. In Jesus' Name, Amen.