"I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you."
I got a new take on this verse of scripture this morning as I read Psalm 71-72. If you will check in your Bible, you will see that these two Psalms are rather long. There are so many psalms that it is difficult to remember them. One of my frustrations this morning was that I read every word of both psalms carefully, but much of what I read was not in my memory. If you have a photograpic memory, you do not know what I am writing about, but if you are like me, and do not have a photographic memory, it is difficult to remember long portions of scripture, or long portions of anything else. I think that God gave me some insight into this dilemma this morning. He called my mind over to Psalm 119:11- one verse that is stuck in my memory: "I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you." The Lord seemed to be saying to me: "You have read these two psalms carefully and prayerfully. You might not remember every word that you read, but I don't deal mainly with your memory, I deal mainly with your heart, and if you have hidden these words in your heart, they will be a tremendous help to you, even if you can't quote verses from them from memory." This was a great deal of comfort to me, and I am sharing this epiphany with you, so that you might receive some comfort from it. I think that the important lesson for us here is that we remember that God always deals with us through our hearts. He saves us from within, and He indwells us from within, and He does things within us that we cannot explain. This does not make what He does in our hearts less real, in fact it makes God's mysteries real to us. I have Psalms 71-72 hidden away in my heart and God is doing His work in my heart, so that these two psalms might bless me today and in all of life. Wow! What a reality check. I hope that my sharing my dilemma has helped you. Bro. Joe
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