4.8- It’s Good to Ask

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It’s Good to Ask Psalm 143:4-11 John Blasé

My father has always had a directional sense I’ve envied. He’s just immediately known where north, south, east, and west are. It’s like he was born with that sense. And he’s always been right. Until the night he wasn’t.

That was the night my father got lost. He and my mother attended and event in an unfamiliar town and left after dark. He was convinced he knew the way back to the highway, tut he didn’t He got turned around, then confused, and ultimately frustrated. My mother reassured him, “I know it’s hard, but ask your phone for directions. It’s okay.”

For the first time in his life that I’m aware of, my seventy-six-year-old father asked for directions. From his phone.

The psalmist was a man with a wealth of life experiences. But the psalms reveal moments when it appears David felt lost spiritually and emotionally. Psalm 143 contains one of those times. The great king’s heart was dismayed (Psalm 143:4). He was in trouble (verse 11). So he paused and prayed, “Show me the way I should go” (verse 8). And far from counting on a phone, the psalmist cried out to the Lord, “for to you I entrust my life” (verse 8).

If the man after God’s own heart” (I Samuel 13:14) felt lost from time to time, it’s a given we too will need to turn to God for His direction.