Week 5: Yada, yada, yada... To Know the LORD

This week's Bible reading plan is as follows:

*Sunday: Exodus 8:1-9:35; Matthew 19:13-30; Psalm 24:1-10; Proverbs 6:1-5
*Monday: Exodus 10:1-12:13; Matthew 20:1-28; Psalm 25:1-15; Proverbs 6:6-11
*Tuesday: Exodus 12:14-13:16; Matthew 20:29-21:22; Psalm 25:16-22; Proverbs 6:12-15
*Wednesday: Exodus 13:17-15:18; Matthew 21:23-46; Psalm 26:1-12; Proverbs 6:16-19
*Thursday: Exodus 15:19-17:7; Matthew 22:1-33; Psalm 27:1-6; Proverbs 6:20-26
*Friday: Exodus 17:8-19:15; Matthew 22:34-23:12; Psalm 27:7-14; Proverbs 6:27-35
*Saturday: Exodus 19:16-21:21; Matthew 23:13-39; Psalm 28:1-9; Proverbs 7:1-5

Our S.O.A.P. for this week is from Psalm 25:

Scripture: Psalm 25:4-5
4 Show me your ways, LORD, teach me your paths. 5 Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

Observation
This is a psalm of David. David tells us in verse 4 that it is the LORD who shows us His ways and teaches us His paths. He acknowledges that if it wasn't for the LORD who showed us and taught us, we would not be able to really know Him, or know his paths.

This verse is like a prayer, too. David is asking the LORD to show him the way. David is teachable. He asks the LORD to teach him His paths. David truly desires to KNOW the LORD. The Hebrew word for "Show" in verse 4 is 'Yada' (transliterated), which means "to know", "learn to know", "reveal oneself". David is asking the LORD to reveal himself, to show himself, to make himself known.

David loves the LORD so much, he desires nothing more than to be close to Him, and to know Him deeply. Why? The answer is in verse 5. David knows and acknowledges that God is his "LORD and Savior", and David's hope is in Him all day long.

Application
It is my heart's wish as well to get to know God deeply and intimately, to know his ways, and to live by his truth. I want to become a true friend of Him more and more. Not a disciple who knows a lot ABOUT God, or a disciple who does a lot of things FOR God, but a true friend of Him who wants to hang out with Him, in prayer and in meditating on his word. I like to be the hands and feet of Jesus in a rather harsh world that doesn't seem to care to find out who God really is.

Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father, I pray that you show us your ways oh LORD. I want to follow your path and live by your truth. My heart's desire is to get to know you more and more. Reveal yourself to us daily through the power of your Holy Spirit. In Jesus Name. Amen.

Have a blessed week.

Dick