Dive into Psalm 25 with us as we explore the depths of David’s prayer for divine wisdom and guidance. This episode uncovers how David’s longing to know God’s ways can inspire us to go beyond superficial prayers and seek a deeper connection with the divine. Learn why understanding and walking in God’s truth is the key to a transformative spiritual life.
00:00:01 David’s Prayer for Wisdom and Intimacy with God
When David says, Lord, teach me your ways, O Lord, and lead me in your truth, this encompasses so many things. Wisdom is involved. Wisdom, again, is supernatural. We’re going to be looking at another Psalm of David today because David was a man that had God’s heart. And so when our prayer life reflects the type of concepts that were operating in David’s heart, we know, beloved ones, that God’s hearing our prayers because 1 John 5, 14 tells us… If we ask anything according to His will, we know that He hears us, and the request that we ask for, He is going to answer. So let’s begin by prayer today. Father God, we bless You today, and we ask You to work in our hearts by Your Word. Father, Your Word is living and active and sharper than a two-edged sword. Father, by Your Word, who created the earth, by your word father you created the mountains the birds the sky and man himself father god we know that your word has creative transforming power and that father that we are saved through the foolishness of preaching your word so father god we believe today that as your word is preached that there’s super natural activity and change that’s going to take place in our heart father we yield ourselves to you today And Father, we ask you to work in our hearts as we receive your word now in Jesus’ name and for Yeshua’s fame. Amen and amen. We’re looking at David again today, his prayer. We’re going to Psalm number 25. Jesus, the scripture tells us in Revelation, held the key of David. I believe the key of David represents intimacy with God. So we’re going to look at some selected verses today, beloved ones, in Psalm 25, and we’re going to pull them out and apply them to our own lives. Hear the Word of God as I begin with Psalm 25, verse number 4. David says this, “‘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 day.'” What’s the focus of the prayer here? That David wants God to teach him of his ways and that David is asking God to reveal to him the truth. What an awesome prayer. Think about this prayer as compared with so many of the prayers that we hear prayed today that are all about superficialities, that God would bless me with the new car, that God would bless me with the new house, that God would bless me with my marriage mate. I mean, all these things are really important and we should commit everything to God. And I’m so thankful that he answers these prayers and he blesses us with these things. But the deepest issues, beloved, are the issues of the heart. You know, Jesus said, don’t be concerned with what you’re going to eat or having a roof over your head. He said, God’s going to take care of all these things. But Jesus said, seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and everything else should be added unto you. Where is the kingdom? Jesus said, the kingdom of God is within you. And so the thing that we should be focusing on is the kingdom of God within us, matters of the heart. And so in this series, we’re focusing on the deeper issues of life, the place where the river runs deep, where deep calls to deep. And I hope that your prayer life is lining up with the heart of David, because these are the types of prayers, beloved, that God will answer you. There’s no question. If you ask God to teach you His ways, I promise you He’s going to teach you His ways. You don’t have to wonder about that. There’s no willy or wony. He will. You’re praying according to what he wants for you. He wants to teach you his ways. When you ask God to guide you in his path, the path of salvation, and you really mean it, you keep asking, he’s going to do that for you. There are some things we can ask God for. We don’t know for sure if he’s going to say yes to those things, because we don’t know his will about some things. I mean, some things in the material world, you may say, well, Lord, give me this job. You know, it’s like you have two football teams, okay? They both pray before the game. You know, the one team, let’s say the red team, they’re praying right before the game. Lord, we pray that you’ll give us victory today. Now, the team that they’re playing is the blue team, and the blue team is also on their knees. They’re saying, Lord, give us victory. We don’t know what God’s going to do there. We don’t know if the red team is going to win or the blue team is going to win. One of them is going to lose. So there are certain things that we don’t know for sure how God’s going to answer. But when you pray, beloved ones, the things that have to do with the heart, the things that have to do with the nature of God in us, the things that have to do with what God is wanting to bring forth from our innermost being. When we pray about those realities, we can have complete confidence that God not only is going to hear, but that he’s going to answer. And Jesus said, seek first the kingdom of God and everything else will be added unto you. So let’s look at David’s word again. Psalm number 25, verse 4. Make me know your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths. David is trying to understand the mind of God, the ways of God. What does it mean to understand the mind of God? Let me know your ways of God. I mean, this prayer is so vast. You know that one of the things that involves knowing the ways of God is developing a supernatural mindset, because God is supernatural. Jesus said the Father is looking for those that will worship Him in spirit, and in truth. So if we’re going to walk with God, if we’re going to know the ways of God, we’re going to have to walk with him. Get it now. First of all, Jesus said in spirit. So if we’re thinking about the ways of God, automatically we have to take into consideration that God is spirit. And Jesus is saying the Lord is looking for those that will worship him in spirit. So if we want to know the ways of God, David just got done praying, teach me thy ways of God. We need to start thinking in terms of the spirit. Now, when we think about spirit, automatically we have to start thinking of, get it now, the supernatural, because by definition, spirit is supernatural. Listen. Spirit is supernatural. If we’re going to know God’s ways, we have to know them according to the spirit because God is spirit and spirit is supernatural. So if we’re going to know the ways of God, we need to develop a supernatural mindset and walk in a supernatural way. The disciples marveled when Jesus cursed the fig tree and all the leaves withered. Jesus said, I tell you this, if you’ll say to that fig tree, be cursed and don’t doubt in your heart, not only will it be cursed and wither immediately, but even the mountain will be moved if you speak to it and have faith in your heart without doubting. Jesus was calling us to develop a supernatural mindset. Jesus said, all things are possible for those that believe and nothing shall be impossible for those that believe. So David says, Lord, teach me your way. If you and I want to walk with God and learn His way, you know what? We have to develop a supernatural mindset. God is spirit. And as I was saying, by definition, spirit is, get it now, supernatural. What is supernatural? Supernatural is thinking above the natural. In other words, we don’t just live our lives and have a mindset that’s based on the natural, not based on what we see. Jesus demonstrated that he didn’t live according to the natural. He walked on the water. He multiplied the loaves and the fish to feed thousands. He took authority over sickness and disease. He cursed it and the disease and the sickness went away. And he said… If you’re bitten by a deadly serpent, he said to his disciples, it won’t harm you. That’s supernatural. And the natural, they would get sick, they’d die. We read in the book of Acts, chapter number 28, that when Paul was in a certain city, he was building a fire there. And all of a sudden, as he was moving the branches around in the fire, a serpent jumped out and bit his arm. And it clung to his arm and Paul shook it off. And the people that were observing, they were natives that didn’t have a relationship with God. They were heathen. When they saw the serpent bite Paul, they thought he was cursed. And they were expecting him to die and to get sick. But when they saw that it didn’t affect Paul… They began to think he was a god. And Paul used that opportunity to preach the gospel to them and tell them about Jesus. But the point is, Jesus said, those that believe in my name, they’ll be bit by deadly serpents and not be harmed.
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See, we need to develop a supernatural mindset if we’re gonna walk according to God’s ways. Again, the natural world is based on what we see, what’s natural, but spirit, God, is above that. We can’t see spirit. It’s supernatural. It’s above the natural. But too many of us are walking around, we’re limited by the natural. We’ll never get free in God. We’ll never know his ways. Like David said, teach me your ways. We’ll never know the ways of God and walk with him, beloved one, if we live according to the natural. That’s what the Bible says. Be transformed by the renewing of your mind. according to the Word of God. And how do we lift ourself up to live above the natural? How do we lift ourself up to walk in God’s ways, to walk in the supernatural? Listen, beloved, we do that by confessing His Word. We don’t confess the natural, but we confess the supernatural. We say, I can do all things through Christ that strengthen me. We confess His truth. I shall know the truth in Jesus and the truth is setting me free. We confess, beloved, again, not the limitation of our circumstances, but we confess the eternal word of God. I’ve been raised with Christ and I’m seated with him there in the heavenly places. And so when David says, Lord, teach me your ways, O Lord, and lead me in your truth. This encompasses so many things. Wisdom is involved. Wisdom, again, is supernatural. We see so many people around that may have been in church their whole life, but for some reason they lack simple common sense. But when we say, Lord, teach me your ways and give me your wisdom, God’s going to answer that prayer because He wants us to walk with Him. He wants us to experience Him. Reading again, Make me know your ways, O Lord. Teach me your paths. Lead me in your truth and teach me. Now, what is God’s truth and what is God’s ways? Well, when we examine the Bible, getting back to this concept of living a supernatural lifestyle, We think about everything that God did that stands out in Scripture was supernatural, right? He began by creating the heavens and the earth out of nothing. We continue on. We see God parting the Red Sea for the children of Israel who walk through it supernaturally without being harmed by the waters on each side. And then what happens is they get into the wilderness. After crossing the Red Sea, there’s no food. What does God do? He does something supernatural. He gives them manna on the ground six days a week for 40 years. Then what happens? God supernaturally comes down in fire and glory on Mount Sinai. The Bible says that millions of Jews that were gathered around the base of the mountain heard God supernaturally speak from heaven. We continue on, we read the story of Daniel in the lion’s den and how God supernaturally shut the lion’s mouth. Then we read about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace and were not burned. And then we read the story of Jesus walking on water, turning the fish into loaves to multiply thousands, telling His disciples, His apostles, to let down the net after they had been fishing and caught nothing, only to do what Jesus told them to do, bringing it up so much that they couldn’t even contain all the fish in the net. You see, the whole faith that we have is based on the supernatural. Jesus rising from the dead is what our faith rests on. That’s supernatural. But many of you, you don’t know God’s ways because you’ve never developed a supernatural mindset for yourself. You think, yeah, I read about those things in the Bible. God did those things thousands of years ago, and I really enjoy studying about what He did for Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and Moses and the apostles. I really enjoy all that. But you don’t have a knowledge to the fact that these are God’s eternal ways, and He’s doing the same thing in the lives of His children today. We need to be taught His ways. Father God, we ask you to teach us your ways and give us a supernatural expectancy for you to do the supernatural in our lives today. After Jesus did many miracles, he said this, greater works in these show you do that believe in my name. If you and I want to know the ways of God, we’re going to have to develop, beloved, a supernatural mindset because God is spirit. He’s a supernatural God. And the only way to walk with him is to walk, beloved, with the cognizance of the fact that the world is not what we see. The Bible says those things that we see are temporary and they’re fading away. What’s real is what is unseen. And if we want to know God’s ways, we need to start developing a confidence in what is unseen, in the truths of his spirit. And we need to start believing him for more than what the material world around us is telling us is possible. Because Jesus said, you’ll say to that mountain, be moved and cast into the sea and it’ll obey you and nothing shall be impossible to you if you believe. We need to learn God’s ways and we need to learn his wisdom. David continues on there. And in verse number seven, he says, do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions according to your loving kindness, he said. And Father God, I just ask right now, we see that it’s your heart, Father God, through the heart of David to forgive us, that you’re merciful and that you forgive us for the sins of our youth. And I know that many of us, Father God, still struggle at times with things that we did in the past, Father, I want to thank you today that it’s your heart to forgive us of the sins of the past. And I break off of your life now, beloved one, any guilt and shame and accusation that the devil is continuing to put upon you because of your past. I break it right now. It’s a lie. The Bible says there is therefore now no condemnation in Christ Jesus. You have been forgiven from the sins of your past. David continues in verse number 16 of Psalm 25. Again, we’re looking at the heart of David, knowing how closely David walked with God, that God said about David, he was a man after his own heart. And when we study his prayer life, we can learn what God will do for us and the types of prayers, beloved, that connect with God and touch his heart. In verse 16, David said, “‘Turn to me and be gracious to me.'” Get this now, he said, “‘For I am lonely.'” and afflicted. David said, turn to me and be gracious to me for I’m lonely and afflicted. Isn’t it a beautiful thing, beloved ones, to know that when we’re lonely, we can put our hand over our heart and say, Jesus, put your hand on my heart and touch me. Help me to know that you’re with me, Jesus. Cause me to feel your presence, King Jesus. Help me to know how much you love me, Jesus. Help me to feel your embrace. Let me feel your kiss on my heart, Jesus. David reached out to the Lord. He said, Lord, I’m lonely. Let me feel your grace. Come and comfort me. That’s a beautiful thing to know that you can get on your knee even right now and put your hand on your heart. Some of you women that are watching, your husbands have passed away. You feel alone, some of you unmarried ones, and even those of us that are married, still the only one that can truly feel loneliness is the Lord. Let’s just ask God to touch us, and let’s just do what David did. You don’t have to be ashamed to do this. King David himself, the king of Israel, the one whom Jesus is coming back as his offspring, he’s the offspring of David, he said, David himself said, Lord, be gracious to me. for I’m lonely and afflicted. So, Father God, I want to thank you today that you’re closer to us than our own breath. And Father God, I ask you to touch these ones right now. Touch these, Father God, under the sound of my voice. Touch my heart, Father God. Oh, Father God, help us to feel your presence with us. Jesus, you said, I am with you always, and I will never leave you or forsake you. But Father God, we ask you to open our heart to truly understand this. Father, we just got done seeing that David was asking for revelation. Father, we pray for a revelation right now that we would know how much you love us, and how close to us you really are. Father God, breathe on us right now. Holy Spirit, breathe on us now. Cause our hearts to feel encased with your love. Father, cause us to feel enveloped in your presence. Father, even as David prayed, oh God, be gracious to me for I’m lonely. I ask you, Father God, to release now your manifest presence upon these beloved ones of yours that, Father God, are hearing my voice. Father, touch them in a way that only you can do. Father, by your spirit, I ask you to touch each one. Father God, you said that you give grace to the humble. Father, release your presence. Jesus breathed on his disciples and he said, Shalom. Father God, in Jesus name, I speak over your disciples. Shalom. Breathe your breath, Father God, I pray upon your people right now. Thank you, Jesus, for ministering your shalom to us. Thank you, Jesus, that we don’t ever have to feel lonely again. And because of you, we don’t have to be lonely forever and evermore. I know that if you have an open heart and you just sat through me preaching, you’ve been strengthened. God’s Word is life-giving. It’s living and active and sharper than a two-edged sword. I’m going now as we close today, beloved ones, to the book of 3 John. I’m going there to the first chapter and the eighth verse. Hear the Word of God. John says, therefore, we ought to support such men that we might be fellow workers with the truth. What was going on here is John was encouraging God’s people to support those that were faithfully preaching the gospel. Because you know what? The gospel can’t be spread without God’s people supporting it financially. I want to ask you, beloved, if you believe in me, if you’re being blessed by discovering the Jewish Jesus, would you support us financially so that we can continue to feed you and in fact preach the gospel all over the world? Beloved, there’s always a blessing when we put God first in our life. And when we put in first with our finances, it opens our heart to receive more. This is Rabbi Satter saying, I love you. Thank you for your financial support and shalom.
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Blessings trump curses, and in the book of Numbers chapter six, we find the Aaronic blessing that God commanded Moses’ brother Aaron, the high priest, to speak over the children of Israel. There’s power in blessing, beloved ones, so take part in receiving Father’s blessing upon your life today.
The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift you up with His countenance. And the Lord give you, beloved one, His peace. God bless you and shalom.
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This program is produced and sponsored by Discovering the Jewish Jesus. And I’m your host, Dustin Roberts. Be sure to join us tomorrow when Rabbi Schneider explains Israel’s prophetic destiny. That’s coming up Thursday on Discovering the Jewish Jesus.
