What I've really been doing.I know that it seems like an eternity since I have posted, but the fact is I've really been posting every day. Someone in my Church has been encouraging me to read through Psalms 119 for the whole year. I've been reading and writing down some thought on them as I go, here is the month of postings I have been privately posting.... Enjoy: Monday: 1/07/08 Psalm 119:7 (KJV) I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. Oh God there is nothing more beautiful to see, than a person devoted to you praising you in their heat. It is the sweetest aroma ascending to your throne it is the most precious prayer we pray; because it is steadfast and true. Teach us according to your word how to praise you and enjoy fellowship. Tuesday, 1/8/08 Psalm 119:8 (KJV)
"I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly." Father, may I be faithful to your word and commands, may I seek to serve you in all that I do. Oh God, I cannot serve you to the perfection that I need, that is why I need salvation, and that is why I cry out for mercy. If you cast me away, what else do I have, there is no other but you. Wednesday, 1/9/08 Psalm 119:9 (KJV) “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.” What is it that pleases you Lord? What is it that brings you delight? What can I do that will make my life a pleasing aroma instead of a sickening stench? To listen and obey You, this should be the cry of my heart. Oh how hard it is to follow perfectly in Your footsteps, the terrain is too rough, the path too narrow. Though I have tried I stumble. Yet, You have delivered me with the blood of Your Son. Thursday, 1/10/08 Psalm 119:10 (KJV) “With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.” God, I can do nothing half way with You, if I follow you it must be with my whole heart. Father, I am not righteous enough to seek You in such a perfect way; I ask for Your unending strength to be my means. Please do not allow me to deviate from this path of Yours, for lost fellowship with You is unthinkable to me. Oh God, may I pursue you with all my heart. Friday, 1/11/08 Psalm 119:11 (KJV) “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” Your word is so precious to me that it is in my mind constantly, I not only think about but seek to memorize Your decrees and word so that by listening I may obey. Teach me how to grasp Your word, and when I commit Your words to my heart, may it be for me the law of my conduct. Saturday, 1/12/08 Psalm 119:12 (KJV) “Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes.” No matter what I do or what I go through I praise You God. I ask that You continue to teach me all that You command, that I may joyfully follow You. Sunday, 1/13/08 Psalm 119:13 (KJV) “With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.” What You say is important, but through Your word I understand that I cannot comprehend the depth of your judgments. If only I could declare them and tell others what you do, such things are too great and yet necessary. Monday, 1/14/08 Psalm 119:14 (KJV) “I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.” Your word delights me, I take pleasure in it like it was a great treasure I discovered. But, oh, how I sometimes don’t act like that. I pray for a change of heart, so that when I do not find myself joyful like that, I may find strength in You to rejoice in Your Word. Tuesday, 1/15/08 Psalm 119:15 (KJV) “I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.” Father, I cannot know Your Word unless I read and think upon it. That is my desire that I can study, read, and meditate on the Bible. Sometimes I feel that I fall so short of what I should do, help me to meditate and to really dwell on these things. Help me to have communion and holy fellowship with You. Those times are the most precious to me, may they never go away. Wednesday, 1/16/08 Psalm 119:16 (KJV) “I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.” Though I cannot follow Your statues perfectly (who can do so perfectly in your sight?) I love them. They are second nature and ingrained in my mind, I compare everything else to Your law. How happy I am to think of what you command and apply it to my life, the joy is everlasting. I am so joyful of Your law that it stays with me always, I will never forget your words. Your law matters so much that I will let all other things pass from my memory before I forget Your law and word. Thursday, 1/17/08 Psalm 119:17 (KJV) “Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word.” No one can live save by Your grace, O LORD. When I think of such things it is too wonderful for me, I come before you and ask that You may deal with me in a merciful manner that I may live and keep Your commands. Friday, 1/18/08 Palms 119: 18 (KIV) "Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law." Father I do not see all the wonderful things in Your word, make me aware that I may be amazed at it. I cannot see the wonder of Your law unless you open my spiritual eyes to them. I cannot know You if I do not read or see what You have put down in Your law; for You have put Yourself into Your law, Your attributes cry out from the Bible. Though I were to live until the last day of this earth, I could not begin to fathom the depth of Your word. All I ask is that my eyes may grow steadily aware of the awe and wonder in Your word. Saturday, 1/19/08 Psalm 119:19 (KJV) “I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.” My home and allegiance is not on this earth, I am but a passing traveler and fellow journeyman. The laws that are accepted by this earth are not the same as my Fathers. I am unaccustomed and foreign to these things. Therefore I ask of God that He reveal His word and law to me so that I may be longing even more for my final resting place in His presence. Sunday, 1/20/08 Psalm 119:20 (KJV) “My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.” Oh that I could say like David, that my heart is overwhelmed with zeal for Your judgment to the point of breaking. I so desperately need your justice that pays back the wicked, but holds up the right. Monday, 1/21/08 Psalm 119:21 (KJV) “Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.” God, You are just. In you there are no inconsistencies, there is no corruption of Your ways, You are pure and blameless and You always do what is right in order to uphold Your holy commandments. Teach me to follow them in Your footsteps. Tuesday, 1/22/08 Psalm 119:22 (KJV) “Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.” Father, please do not punish me, for I have tried to follow Your laws. There is no one who is blameless in Your eyes, we can only be reckoned as pure through the crucifixion and sacrifice of Your son. I cannot be the spotless lamb that is needed to be a sacrifice to You. But through Your son I can be a tool to further Your kingdom. Wednesday, 1/23/08 Psalm 119:23 (KJV) “Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.” Even in the commotion of persecution and resentment towards my faith, I desired to meditate on Your word. When people ridiculed me for what I believed I was having fellowship in Your presence. Even when we have to walk through the valley of the shadow of death, You are with me. And I know that when I am led to still waters, there my soul can find rest and we can be together. Thursday, 1/24/08 Psalm 119:24 (KJV) “Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.” Whenever I have a problem, whenever I need to know what to do, I know that the answer lies in Your word. I rejoice at such a treasure within my grasp, I delight in this wisdom from above, I know that Your word is my adviser through lives toughest storms. I will make it through the gale, with Thy word being a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path. Friday, 1/25/08 Psalm 119:25 (KJV) “My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.” My hope during this lifetime, any consolation I may have, is in Your promises found in Your word. I will eventually depart and my soul will leave this tent, but a future promise is assured by Your mighty word. Oh LORD do not deny me, save me according to Your word. Saturday, 1/26/08 Psalm 119:26 (KJV) “I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.” I have decided to follow Jesus, there is no turning back, I have decided to follow in the footsteps of my Savior, and it is final. You have heard me, Oh Lord, and have raised me up. I have decided to follow you and I pray that You will guide my every move according to Your righteous law that is ever before me. I have decided to follow Jesus, my path is clearly marked. I have decided to follow in His steps, may I not stray from the light of Your word. Sunday, 1/27/08 Psalm 119:27 (KJV) “Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.” I do not meditate or consider Your ways enough, I do not have this desire like I should. Please, Oh God, instill in me a desire to worship You and meditate on what You say. May I think upon such things and desire to describe Your wonderful truths to others. This is the cry of my heart, may I think on You continually, and never stop praising You. Monday, 1/28/08 Psalm 119:28 (KJV) “My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.” Oh Lord, my life seems to tear apart without Your word. Like a fortress without a solid foundation I shake and tumble to the ground. Only Your word can strengthen me Lord. if we hope in You we will mount up on wings like eagles, we will run and not grow weary, we will walk and not be faint. If we trust in You to come to our aid, we will find strength, Your word is a stumbling block to this world, but to us it is the very power of God. Without You, and Your word, I am nothing. Tuesday, 1/29/08 Psalm 119:29 (KJV) “Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.” Oh God, I am not of this earth; I am part of Your kingdom, in which there is no falsehood. Therefore, I hate that which is anti-You; the lies that I hear are a stench in Your nostrils (that is why I ask you to remove lying from me). I simply desire that I dwell with You and live under Your grace, and may I dwell in Your house forever. Wednesday, 1/30/08 Psalm 119:30 (KJV) “I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.” Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is upright, I choose that way. Your decrees and judgments are just and true, therefore I lay them before me to remind me of pleasing You. Is there anything more beautiful and true, than Your words spoken to me, Your commands directing me through the mires of life. Deceit weighs me down, and injustice burdens me, yet I lay it all down when I come before You and bow down. Thursday, 1/31/08 Psalm 119:31 (KJV) “I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O Lord, put me not to shame.” Oh God, in my pursuit of following You, may I never stumble or be frustrated by my own weakness. I truly desire to follow Your commands, but until I am at home with You, my weakness will leave me short of the service I owe You. I would be completely despondent if not for Your Son, Jesus; that is my rock in whom I will not be put to shame. I may stumble and fall, but my Savior will never fail. | 
