“Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation….” (v. 5).

Why do we turn to God? Why do we confess Christ? What are we after in the Spirit?

For the vast majority of us, the answer can be stated simply:

Salvation.

We have trusted the goodness of the Gospel. We have been convinced and convicted by conversionary preaching. We who walked in darkness have been radically redeemed by the light and the hope of Jesus’ finished work…and His free gift of forgiveness.

We have turned to God for salvation, for life.

But did we stop there? Did we get what we wanted and go no further? Have we learned the essentials of the one Message…and closed our ears?

The Psalmist reminds us, in the Spirit, that we ought to continually seek truth, which is singular. He prays that we would want to be taught by Holy God. He repeatedly implores the believer—the rescued people!—to seek God’s way, will, and Word. What salvation begins, devotion grows, for His glory in our lives.

We, culturally, tend to desire one but not the other. We prefer a Gospel without discipleship, conviction, or apologetics. Yet it ought not be so!

The God who led you out of death is still leading you. Seek His truth in His Word all your days.

— Tyler