Devotions: Bound To God

Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
For You I wait all the day.

Psalm 25:5 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

God’s truth is the only truth. Anything aside from that is false. If we live by any other truth we will go astray. We need to live our lives and view the world based on God’s truth. Because of that, we need God to teach us His truth and ways. He is the God of our salvation, it is all because of Him. Of course the best way to learn something is to go to the master of that subject, so it is only logical to go to God to learn His truth. We do that by praying, spending time alone with Him, talking about and discussing Him with others, but mostly by reading the Bible which is His Word. The more time we spend in the Bible, not just reading, but studying, meditating and applying, the more we will learn and more like Him we will become. Waiting for God, in this context, does not mean sitting around until He shows up. The Hebrew word literally means to collect or bind together (by twisting). We need to bind ourselves to Him. We need to collect God, gather His truth and Word, and intertwine ourselves with Him. We need to become one. Then we will go where He leads and learn His truth. Seek God, bind yourself to Him.