Teach me your ways, O Lord, that I may live according to your truth!
Grant me purity of heart, so that I may honor you. Psalm 86:11
The Psalmist has two desires in this passage: (1) to live his life according to God’s truth and (2) to honor the Lord.
In order for me to be able to live my life according to God’s truth, this passage instructs me to put myself in the position to be taught the ways of the Lord. How do I do that? These came quickly to mind as I meditated on this passage:
- Bible studies
- Corporate worship
- Private, quiet times with the Lord
- Simply putting the right things in my mind through what I read, view and listen to.
What of honoring the Lord? As I thought of honoring someone, it is like assigning value to them. Much like an heirloom in the family. To another person it may just seem like an old piece of furniture or object. But I’ve assigned value to it because it has been in my family for many, many years. I show honor to that object. The best way for me to show honor to my Lord is when I have purity of heart. There can be nothing else that is singularly more important to me than Him. “Lord, like the Psalmist, grant me purity of heart, that I may honor you in my life, my thoughts, my speech, my all! Amen.”
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