Psalm 25:8-11 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

“8Good and upright is the LORD;
therefore He shows sinners the way.
9He guides the humble in what is right
and teaches them His way.
10All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful
to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.
11For the sake of Your name, O LORD,
forgive my iniquity, for it is great.”

Yes! Amen! Good and upright is the LORD, which is why He shows sinners the way. He doesn’t ignore sin. He does not placate sin. And He does not forgive the unrepentant of their sin just because they said they believed in Jesus. For Jesus gave His life up for us on that cross to put our sins to death with Him so that, by God-gifted and God-persuaded faith in Him we will now deny self, die to sin daily, suffer for the sake of righteousness, and follow Him in obedience to His commands, in life practice, in the power of God.

Jesus DID NOT say, “All right all of you who said you believe in Me, I now give you permission to keep living in sin, for my grace covers it all. You don’t have to do anything to please Me. Just saying you believe in Me is enough.” What He said is, “If anyone would come after Me let him deny self, take up his cross daily (die daily to sin and suffer for the sake of righteousness), and follow Me in obedience to my commands. But if you refuse, you will not have forgiveness of sins nor eternal life with God” (paraphrased Luke 9:23-26).

And just because this lesson is taken from Psalm 25, which is in the Old Testament, it does not necessitate that it is no longer relevant to our lives today. For Jesus and His New Testament apostles taught the same truths, with the same stipulations. He guides THE HUMBLE in what is right, and His ways are loving and faithful to those who KEEP HIS COVENANT, i.e. to those who obey His commands (New Covenant). God requires that by faith in Him we must repent of (die to) sin and now obey His commands in practice.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; Romans 12:1-2; 1 Corinthians 6:9-10,19-20; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; 2 Corinthians 5:10,15,21; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:1-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

Psalm 25:12-15 BSB (Berean Standard Bible)

“12Who is the man who fears the LORD?
He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
13His soul will dwell in prosperity,
and his descendants will inherit the land.
14The LORD confides in those who fear Him,
and reveals His covenant to them.
15My eyes are always on the LORD,
for He will free my feet from the mesh.”

If we fear the Lord it means we take God and His Word seriously to do what it teaches us. We honor Christ as Lord, we surrender our lives to Him, and we submit to His will and purpose for our lives. We revere, respect, obey, worship, and love Him, and so we give Him our loyalty, devotion, fidelity and commitment to be who He wants us to be, doing what He has called us to do in His service, and for the salvation of human lives. For the Lord confides in us who fear Him, and He shows us the way that He has for us to go.

If our trust is in the Lord He will truly be LORD (Owner-Master) of our lives, and we will live our lives to do His will. And God has a specific calling He has placed on each of us who are following Jesus Christ with our lives. He has things He has called all of us to do, and then He has individual callings on our individual lives which will not all be the same. And He won’t gift us all the same, either. So our eyes need to be always on the Lord, on Him who frees us from all webs of deceit, so we will now serve Him with our lives.

[Matthew 5:13-16; Matthew 28:18-20; John 4:31-38; John 13:13-17; John 14:12; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:14-18,42-47; Acts 26:18; Romans 10:14-15; Romans 12:1-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31; 1 Corinthians 14:1-5; Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:1-16; Ephesians 5:11-21; Ephesians 6:10-20; Philippians 2:1-8; Colossians 3:12-16; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:23-25; James 5:19-20; 1 Peter 2:9,21; 1 John 2:6]

The Path Chosen for You
An Original Work / November 15, 2026
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Your Word

Based off Psalms 119
An Original Work / December 27, 2011
Christ’s Free Servant, Sue J Love

Praise You with an upright heart as
I learn of Your righteousness.
I seek You with all my heart;
Do not let me stray from Your law.
I have hidd’n Your word in my heart
That I might not sin against You.
Open my eyes that I may see
Wonderful things in Your word.
I am a stranger on earth.

I have chosen the way of truth;
My heart is set on Your word.
I will walk about in freedom,
For I have sought out Your truth.
Teach me knowledge and good judgment,
For I believe in Your law.
Your hands made me, and they formed me;
Give me understanding, Lord.
I put my hope in Your word.

Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light unto my path.
You are my shield and my refuge;
In Your word I put my hope.
My heart trembles at Your word, Lord.
May my lips o’erflow with praise.
May my tongue sing of Your truth, Lord.
Your salvation, Lord, long I.
Your word, Lord, is my delight.