Psalm 25:4-5 Good News Translation
4 Teach me your ways, O Lord;
make them known to me.
5 Teach me to live according to your truth,
for you are my God, who saves me.
This is my prayer for 2025. God has certainly led me in 2024—sometimes
in paths I didn’t really want to go, and sometimes in desirable paths that I
would not have chosen without His leading. Usually, I have chosen my own ways,
and He has either gone with me or tolerated my wandering. In our Christmas
letter, which I have posted on this Blogspot (https://wils-thoughts.blogspot.com/),
I mention occasions where I sensed God’s leading in a compelling way.
When I was a kid in academy (high-school), I was taught that
I had a guardian angel who accompanied me where ever I went. I was taught that
he kept a “notebook” at hand and wrote down everything I did, i.e. he was the
Gestapo who was always trying to trap me in my misbehaviors. If I went into
unsavory places like a bioscope (cinema), a bar, or a nightclub, he would wait
outside for me to come out. If I died in such a place, the devil made off with
my soul, grinning from ear to ear; my guardian angel would then weep for me.
In my current considerations, I believe that I do have a
guardian angel who does his best to guard me against sin, harm, and danger. I
also believe there is a rogue angel with me who is out to destroy me at all
cost and sometimes has my ear. A major chore of the guardian is to thwart the
rogue’s evil attempts. I do not believe that my guardian angel is there to spy
on me. Christ promised in John 3:17: “For God did not send his Son into the
world to be its judge, but to be its savior.” (GNT) Christ’s own testimony is
that His is a purpose of love and salvation.
So, in 2025, may I and you start each day reminding
ourselves that we have limitless sources available for our boon and to preserve
us from the bane.
Thank You, Lord, for exercising Your mighty power and Your
infinite wisdom on our behalf at all times!
Happy New Year!
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