"Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes, and I shall keep it unto the end. 34. Give me ,understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 35. Make me to go in the path of your commandments, for therein do I delight."
If we want to gain understanding, we should ask the Lord to teach us. We never need to reach a point in our lives when we do not need to be taught, especially the Lord's "statutes." We need to read our Bibles. We will never reach a time in our lives when we have learned all that we need to know about the Bible. The Bible is our depository of knowledge of the Lord and His ways. We ignore the Bible to our spiritual peril. This is why the Psalmist wrote that he would keep the Lord's statutes "unto the end." We should note that the writer was not going to be half-hearted about the Lord's statutes, for he wrote that he would keep them with "my whole heart." Do we really take what we read in our Bibles to heart? The scriptures should be read with the idea that we are not just obtaining biblical knowledge, but that the scriptures are going to make a difference in how we live our lives. For example, the Bible teaches us to love God and to love people. Do we really observe this admonition with our whole hearts? The Bible teaches us to worship the Lord. Do we keep this admonition with our whole hearts, or do we just sing hymns, give our offerings, and hear the preaching of the word in a half-hearted manner? Do we read our Bibles and pray in a half-hearted manner. We really need to stop and think seriously about this admonition. In verse 35, we learn that we should not just observe the scriptures, but that we are to delight in the Lord's statutes. This means, among other things, that we should be delighted to live the Christian life and not live the Christian life grudgingly. We should be delighted that the Lord loves us and wants to be involved in our lives. We should be delighted that the Lord has provided the Bible for us to read and study. We should be delighted that we have a fellowship of Christian brothers and sisters with which to share life. We should be delighted that the Lord takes an interest in our lives. We should be delighted that we are saved and are going to heaven. There is really no end to this list. What we need to ask ourselves if we are delighted, or grudging in our manner of living? These three powerful verses should be read seriously and observed seriously. (I know that they made me stop and think about my own life. I hope that they will also make you stop and think about your life.) Bro. Joe
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