This morning I have a passage I have looked at twice before. This time I was drawn to the word “make”.
“4Make me to know your ways, O Lord; teach me your paths.” – Psalm 25:4 (ESV)
In the NIV “make” is written as “show”. I prefer the word “make” as it generates in me a bit more urgency. I see this as a pleading of David to God, as he asks for guidance. It is more of a forcing.
I am not suggesting that God physically beat us down, but, how often have we experienced something physical that forced us to go a different path. Imagine a wall suddenly popping up and we had to turn left. Or the park we were going to was closed and we had to find another option. What if God physically put obstacles in our way to drive us down his path?
HE DOES!!! We are likely not paying close enough attention. If we are asking God to “make me to know your ways” shouldn’t we be paying closer attention?
What have you asked for and maybe should have pleaded for? Where you paying attention to the actions required? Did you avoid obstacles to get around them, or did you take the direction that God wanted you to go another way? Are you pleading to know God’s Way?
Trevor's Thoughts 