’Keep My Soul’

‘Keep My Soul’

O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.

Psalm 25:20

For the people of God, Christ is our Hope, our Refuge, and our Defender. We resort to Him when ‘all around our soul gives way.’ David was in such a circumstance. He was seeking the guidance of the Lord to navigate his way through thorny paths. He made allusions throughout the psalm to both the needs of his own soul to be taught of God, as well as for God to preserve him from his enemies. In our text for today, David articulates his utter and complete dependence upon God. He has no hope in himself, but wholly rests upon what God can do for him to keep his soul, deliver him, and not let him be ashamed. David’s hope is our hope. We may reason to the extent of our knowledge and ability. We may seek to effect change and make wise decisions. We may seek to avoid all the traps which all our enemies lay for us. At the end of it all, the best we can do may not succeed anywhere nearly so much as we desire. All our hope must be in Christ to do for us what we cannot do for ourselves. He is the Great Keeper of our soul, our Strong Deliverer, and the One Who will preserve us from being ashamed. Let us, on this day, and every day, resort to the One Who will more than make up for all that we lack. He is our High Tower, our ever Strong Defense.

High King of heaven,
we rejoice that you guard and guide Your people.
We praise You, that You will be our Great Defender,
until the day and hour that we arrive at the Holy City.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning