Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Psalm 25:12-21
by: Jennifer Lewis Berg.
This psalm is a prayer. David knows that fearing the Lord brings him safely into God’s refuge. He feels honor, reverence, obligation, and hope. It should be quaking fear, for God has all the power. But this fear is awe, respect, and love. Taking refuge in God is strength, not weakness. David’s life was heroic, with enormous power and passion, sin and weakness. In his entreaties to God, he asks for simple help. We can read his words and see our lives and our problems in his. What a gift to know that the same mighty God who listened to King David’s prayers listens to ours as well.