You Yourself Have Taught Me

Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.

Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.

I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.

I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.

I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.

I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me.

How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow your righteous laws.

Psalm 119:97-106

Ancient mariners would readily determine their latitude north or south of the equator by the length of the day or height of the sun. Calculating longitude, however, remained complex and unreliable until the invention of the chronometer.

As we navigate the seas of life, we also have a reliable source of spiritual direction – the Bible.

Like the mariners of old, we need a constant guide to help us find our way and stay on course. That’s what happens when we seek the Lord day by day with an open heart and a willing spirit that says, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

With God as your navigator, you’re headed in the right direction.

Our Daily Bread – August 26, 2014