Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the LORD.
Blessed are they who keep his statutes and seek him with all their heart. Psalm 119:1,2
These verses from Psalm 119 express the same promise as Psalm 37: 4, “Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart.” This message has been the subject of my meditations as I seek the “true wisdom” that consists of knowing God and knowing myself in relation to God. Blessings come to those who walk according to this “true wisdom.” But who can say that his ways are blameless before the Lord. Who can say that they seek Him with all their heart?” As I go about my daily living, choosing to experience God’s presence and being honest with both God and myself, I often find that instead of feeling blessed I feel uncomfortable. My heart resonates with the apostle Paul when he writes, “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do… What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?” (Roma 7:15ff). I am so glad that God’s Word shows us real people experiencing the same struggles we do, then finding victory. Like Paul I remembered that it is Christ who sets us free from this “body of death,” and I cried out, “Thanks be to God – through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
