“Unto
You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. O my God, I trust in Thee; let me not be
ashamed.” Psalm 25:1
We pray for many things every day.
We pray for our daily bread and for our families. We pray for our nation and
for our missionaries. We pray for the sick and for lost souls to be saved. This
psalm introduces a topic that most people don’t pray for. David says, “Let me not be ashamed.” Whether we
realize it or not the world is watching us every day. If they see us pull out
of our driveways every Sunday headed for church, they might be very curious as
to how that really plays out in our lives. David was concerned about that.
David had every right to be. His
behavior with Bathsheba had brought blasphemy to God’s name. Nathan told David
that his sin had given the enemies of God “great
occasion to blaspheme.” (II Sam. 12:14) David’s conduct had brought shame
to God’s name and to David as well. In Psalm 25 David asks God to help in his
daily life to not be ashamed of his testimony before either God or man. That is
quite a prayer lesson that we can appropriate for ourselves.
Dear
Father, Let us so walk that we bring shame to neither to Your name nor ours.
Amen.
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