Psalm 119:44-45: "So shall I keep thy law continually, for ever and ever. And I will walk at liberty for I seek thy precepts."
While thinking on that phrase "I will walk at liberty for I seek thy precepts." I was imaginging what life would be like, if in every step, continually, for ever and ever, all I ever did was seek God's precepts. If my life's purpose was to follow what God wants for me without regard to other people around me. I came to the realization from this verse that the result would be that I would "walk at liberty."
I would walk at liberty from sin and the guilt associated with it - by hiding God's word in my heart. I would walk at liberty from care about the criticism of others - fearing God only, not man. I would walk at liberty from worry about straying from the right way - His word is a lamp unto my feet.
Freedom from so much, and all that I have to do: Seek God's precepts. Just a thought...
While thinking on that phrase "I will walk at liberty for I seek thy precepts." I was imaginging what life would be like, if in every step, continually, for ever and ever, all I ever did was seek God's precepts. If my life's purpose was to follow what God wants for me without regard to other people around me. I came to the realization from this verse that the result would be that I would "walk at liberty."
I would walk at liberty from sin and the guilt associated with it - by hiding God's word in my heart. I would walk at liberty from care about the criticism of others - fearing God only, not man. I would walk at liberty from worry about straying from the right way - His word is a lamp unto my feet.
Freedom from so much, and all that I have to do: Seek God's precepts. Just a thought...
3 comments:
yes that is all we have to do... so simple and yet...
Great thought!
I finding it interesting that so many Christians use liberty as a means to try to ignore or negate the precepts of God - while David is saying that true liberty is obtained when we seek the precepts and strive to keep/obey them.
As my favorite blogger says,
Just a thought...
"Just a thought..." I think i might try to mimick your favorite blogger and use that from now on!
Michael, that is a great thought. I'm glad you posted that comment. Liberty is not free from God's commandments, but free from everything else because you seek God's commandments.
I've always had a hard time when David would say that he loved God's law...
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