Pursued by God | Audio Reading | Our Daily Bread Devotional | October 16, 2025
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| 0:00.0 | I have strayed like a lost sheep. |
| 0:03.7 | Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands. |
| 0:07.4 | Psalm 119, verse 176. |
| 0:11.8 | Welcome to this daily encouragement from our daily bread. |
| 0:16.1 | Pursued by God was written by Marvin Williams and read by Wes Ward. Psalm 119 verses 169 through 176. |
| 0:27.8 | May my cry come before you, Lord, give me understanding according to your word. May my supplication |
| 0:35.7 | come before you. Deliver me according to your promise. May my lips |
| 0:41.1 | overflow with praise, for you teach me your decrees. May my tongue sing of your word, for all your |
| 0:49.3 | commands are righteous. May your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen your precepts. I long for your |
| 0:57.8 | salvation, Lord, and your law gives me delight. Let me live that I may praise you, and may your |
| 1:04.7 | laws sustain me. I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands. |
| 1:17.4 | Pursued by God, written by Marvin Williams. |
| 1:22.3 | David Utah is a cognitive scientist who studies navigation, but has problems navigating his way around |
| 1:29.6 | geographic locations. This isn't a new problem for him, but one that goes back to when he was |
| 1:35.0 | 13 years old and got lost for two and a half days on a hike. Udall admits he's still terrible |
| 1:42.4 | with simple directions in life. |
| 1:45.1 | But some people are natural navigators, knowing exactly where they are and how to get where they desire to go. |
| 1:52.8 | Others, like Udall, struggle even with clear directions and often get lost. |
| 1:58.4 | The writer of Psalm 119 also felt the disorientation of lostness writing, |
| 2:04.1 | I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands. |
| 2:11.3 | He compared himself to a wandering sheep. Although sheep can be valuable creatures, they're also notoriously rebellious |
| 2:20.6 | and will sometimes drift away from their shepherd, putting them in need of rescue. The psalmist's |
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