Ok, so this is written a week after Valentine's Day, but my timing has never been "normal" (just ask my family members). . .
As I've already confessed, I'm meditating on/memorizing Psalm 119. So far I haven't made it beyond the first sixteen verses (or the first two stanzas, for those poetry buffs out there). I imagine the psalmist composing, singing, musing, writing. . . and the central theme is the Word of God.
He says that "blessed are those. . .who seek Him [God] with their whole heart. . .I will praise You [God] with an upright heart . . .with my whole heart I seek You. . .I have stored up Your word in my heart . . ."
There's a focus here. I don't want to have my heart (my emotions and will) segmented into so many different areas. If my heart is segmented, divided, unfocused. . .then where I am headed? What's the point?
I desperately need direction, and I've found it in God's Word. Lord, I want my ways to be steadfast (not fickle or wavering) in keeping Your statutes (those laws for all people because God said so), because then I will not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments. I want to praise You with an upright (consistently honest) heart when I learn Your righteous rules (rules settled by God for guidance and direction). Lord, keep me focused! When I need direction, I run to You; when I need comfort, I run to You; when I am afraid, I run to You; when I need physical companionship, You will direct me; when I need wise and godly counsel, You will show me who to consult. Lord, I need to make You be first. I want my heart to be safe in Your hand.
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