We live in a world where the minds of majority of people are preoccupied with thoughts on how to get rich. Consequently, they enmesh themselves in the rat-race for money. Besides, the quest for knowledge and scientific discovery have made many to attach little or no value to spiritual matters. Those who belong to this category care little about their relationship with God. In contrast, the Psalmist in our text expressed a burning desire for spiritual things. Being a righteous man, he was always thinking of his relationship with God, how to please Him at all times and dwell with Him in eternity. He had previously expressed his heartfelt desires by saying, “As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?” (Psalm 42:1,2). Through his petitions, the Psalmist expressed his heart’s desire: he wanted to know more of God’s statutes in order to keep them. He never got too familiar with God’s word. Despite his position as a king, he desired to know more of God’s truth and to keep it to the end. We should never be satisfied with the level of our spiritual state. There is need for us to constantly long after God and His word. Every heaven-bound pilgrim should always pray for grace to be preserved from the pollution of this present evil world. The coming of the Lord is imminent. Daily self- examinatio n is indispensable for every believer who desires to be part of His Kingdom. The Lord is not interested in partial obedience, rather, He delights in total obedience to His commandments
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 07:42:01 +0000
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