This weeks devotionals will be based around Psalm 119 (with a quick diversion to Proverbs), which is one of the chosen passages for this week under the bible reading plan we are following this year. Psalms was written by David towards the end of his life and draws on his experience of a lifetime with God.
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 [NIV]
Today's verses encourage young people to live according to God's law – why young people? well, it's best to start early. In modern society, there is sometimes a tendency to disregard rules because they get in the way of having a good time. In these verses, David sets out the need to pay heed to God's rules, and talks about staying on the path of purity.
Whilst this is good counsel for young people – it applies to us all. There is ever more pressure to conform to the way of the world, and sometimes that flies in the face of what we as Christians believe.
I am no angel on this front so I don't claim the moral high ground on this point. My thought for today is this – if you were put in front in God on your entrance to heaven and a video played of your life – what would it reveal. God misses nothing and it is to Him that we are accountable. What would you change, why don't you do something about it?
Richard Mason
Read the Bible in a year: Psalm 119:9-16, Jeremiah 21:1-23:8, 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13
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