Teach Me Your Decrees

How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word.

I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.

I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

Praise be to you, Lord; teach me your decrees.

With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth.

I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.

I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.

I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your word.

Psalm 119:9-16

In our seasons of wandering, our heart of hearts doesn’t want to drift from God – but, like Paul, we often do what we don’t want to do, and we desperately need to turn back to the Shepherd of our heart who can draw us to Himself.

Sometimes, even when our hearts long to seek God, the distractions of life can draw us away from Him and His Word. How grateful we can be for a patient, compassionate heavenly Father whose grace is always sufficient – even when we are prone to wander!

Our tendency to wander is matched by God’s willingness to pursue.

Our Daily Bread – March 14, 2014