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Friday... I wonder what that means.


Psalms 119:34 (AMP), "Give me understanding [a teachable heart and the ability to learn], that I may keep Your law; and observe it with all my heart."

Friday... I wonder what that means.

We face situations in life and we wonder why they are there. Did I cause it? Was it from something that I did? Or was it from God? Or did it just happen?


Now the writer of Psalm 119 give so much good advice. Now it is so easy to come to this Psalm and decide to skipt it. I mean, it has 176 verses. It is the longest chapter in the Bible but it is organized in a way that we don't need to read it all at one time. But some of us don't have the patience so we skit it if we are striving to read all the Psalms. But if we do then we will miss verse 34 and it may be exactly what we need.

Here is what it says, "Give me understanding [a teachable heart and the ability to learn], that I may keep Your law; and observe it with all my heart." What about what you are going through right now. Wouldn't it be good to understand why it is happening? "Give me understanding [a teachable heart and the ability to learn]" Don't we see how important that would be to have in what we are going through? So many of us though don't want to learn. We really don't want to understand. We just want God to take care of it and take care of it and take care of it. "Give me understanding [a teachable heart and the ability to learn]"

Proverbs 2:6 says, "For the LORD gives [skillful and godly] wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding." James 1:5 says, "If any of you lacks wisdom [to guide him through a decision or circumstance], he is to ask of [our benevolent] God, who gives to everyone generously and without rebuke or blame, and it will be given to him."

And then back to Psalm 119:37, "Turn my eyes away from vanity [all those worldly, meaningless things that distract-let your priorities be mine], and restore me [with renewed energy] in your ways."

Oh God, may we stop and strive to understand what is happening and even why it may be happening. Please give us wisdom. May we make wise choices. We really need you to guide us. Thank you for being there. May we as individuals continue to meet you in Your Word. And please help us in our vanity, in our pride.

Again I personally really do want to understand why this is happening and what to do. And may that be our prayer today and each and every day. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning





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