Choosing Obedience

📿 Forty Steps with Jesus: Walking the Road to the Cross

🕊️ Welcome Moment

Obedience is not always dramatic. Often it looks like quiet surrender, small decisions, and daily choices to trust God’s way over our own. Psalm 25 is the prayer of a heart that wants to be led—one that recognizes that God’s path is always better, even when it is unfamiliar or stretching.

As you walk these Forty Steps with Jesus, today’s passage invites you to choose obedience not out of duty, but out of love for the One who leads with mercy and truth.

📖 Scripture Immersion

Psalm 25:4–10 (NIV)
“Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me… All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.”

Read slowly. Notice the posture of the psalmist: Show me. Teach me. Guide me.

🌄 Snapshot

Imagine hiking a winding mountain trail with a guide who knows every turn, every hidden danger, every breathtaking overlook. You can’t see what’s ahead, but the guide can. You follow—not because you understand the path, but because you trust the one leading you.

This is the heart of obedience.
Not blind compliance.
Not fearful submission.
But trust—deep, steady trust in the God who sees the whole path.

🔍 Deep Dive

“Show me your ways, Lord…”
Obedience begins with openness.
A willingness to be taught.
A heart that says, “Lead me.”

“…teach me your paths.”
God’s paths are learned, not assumed.
They require listening, slowing, and seeking.

“Guide me in your truth…”
Truth is not merely information—it is direction.
God guides through His Word, His Spirit, and His faithful character.

“…for you are God my Savior.”
Obedience flows from relationship.
We follow because we know the One who saves us.

“All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful…”
Every path God leads you on is marked by love and faithfulness.
Even the difficult ones.
Even the ones you wouldn’t have chosen.

“…toward those who keep the demands of his covenant.”
Obedience is not about perfection—it is about alignment.
Aligning your steps with God’s heart.
Aligning your choices with His truth.

As you walk toward the cross with Jesus, remember:
Obedience is the daily choice to trust the One who leads you with love.

🧭 Companion Questions

Where is God inviting you to trust His direction more deeply?
What part of obedience feels challenging in this season?
How have you experienced God’s loving and faithful guidance in the past?
What simple act of obedience could you take today?

🚶‍♀️ Pilgrimage Practice

Guided Prayer: Whisper throughout the day, “Show me Your ways, Lord.”
Small Step: Choose one small act of obedience—something God has been nudging you toward.
Truth Moment: Read a short passage of Scripture and ask, “What does obedience look like here?”
Path Walk: As you walk, imagine Jesus leading you step by step. Notice how it feels to follow rather than direct.

🙏 Closing Prayer

Lord, show me Your ways and teach me Your paths. Guide me in Your truth and help me walk in obedience with a willing heart. Thank You for leading me with love and faithfulness. Shape my steps to follow Yours as I walk toward the cross with Jesus. Amen.