How to Follow God (4 of 10)
Series: Songs for the Summer
Jim Perdue
Psalm 25:1-22
Intro/Attention
When I was a boy I used to play a kid's game called ''Follow the Leader.'' Back in the day, before high-tech trinkets and toys, X-boxes and iPhones, kids actually played together. In this game a leader or ''the head of the line'' would be chosen. Then, the children would line up behind the leader. The leader would then move around and all the children had to mimic exactly what the leader did. If you failed to do what the leader did and quit following you were out of the game. When only one person other than the leader remained that player would then become the leader and the game would start all over again. In a sense, that is really the game of Christianity except it is not a game, but life. The first thing Jesus ever said, the first disciples He ever made was, ''Follow Me...'' And, in a way, you can summarize Christianity in those two words. The second thing Jesus asked His followers to do was to go find others and lead them to follow Him as well. Simply, Jesus wants followers of His to make followers of Him. The first thing He did in His own ministry was to turn 11 men into His followers. All He asks us to do is simply ''follow the leader.''*
Today, we're in Psalm 25 and we're going to learn, How to Follow God. In this psalm, David pictures life as difficult journey that we can't successfully make by ourselves. The word ''way'' is used four times (vv. 4, 8, 9, 12) and ''paths'' twice (v. 4, 10), and we find the psalmist crying out to God for wisdom as he makes decisions (vv. 4-5). David knew that the path of life wasn't easy, but he succeeded in the journey because he committed to follow God no matter what.
We don't know exactly when this psalm was written but the best guess is that it was written sometime during the Abaslom rebellion. The underlying theme of this psalm is guidance. David's circumstances are dire; he hardly knows which way to turn, ...
Series: Songs for the Summer
Jim Perdue
Psalm 25:1-22
Intro/Attention
When I was a boy I used to play a kid's game called ''Follow the Leader.'' Back in the day, before high-tech trinkets and toys, X-boxes and iPhones, kids actually played together. In this game a leader or ''the head of the line'' would be chosen. Then, the children would line up behind the leader. The leader would then move around and all the children had to mimic exactly what the leader did. If you failed to do what the leader did and quit following you were out of the game. When only one person other than the leader remained that player would then become the leader and the game would start all over again. In a sense, that is really the game of Christianity except it is not a game, but life. The first thing Jesus ever said, the first disciples He ever made was, ''Follow Me...'' And, in a way, you can summarize Christianity in those two words. The second thing Jesus asked His followers to do was to go find others and lead them to follow Him as well. Simply, Jesus wants followers of His to make followers of Him. The first thing He did in His own ministry was to turn 11 men into His followers. All He asks us to do is simply ''follow the leader.''*
Today, we're in Psalm 25 and we're going to learn, How to Follow God. In this psalm, David pictures life as difficult journey that we can't successfully make by ourselves. The word ''way'' is used four times (vv. 4, 8, 9, 12) and ''paths'' twice (v. 4, 10), and we find the psalmist crying out to God for wisdom as he makes decisions (vv. 4-5). David knew that the path of life wasn't easy, but he succeeded in the journey because he committed to follow God no matter what.
We don't know exactly when this psalm was written but the best guess is that it was written sometime during the Abaslom rebellion. The underlying theme of this psalm is guidance. David's circumstances are dire; he hardly knows which way to turn, ...
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