daily java

Daily Java:  
11 I have hidden your word in my heart
                that I might not sin against you.
52 I remember your ancient laws, O LORD,
               and I find comfort in them. (Psalm 119)

I was reading from Psalm 119 this morning and these two verses kind of jumped out at me.

The reasons so many have trouble doing what God wants is that they just don’t know what exactly it is that God wants them to do. it makes for a problem in life

In order to be a part of you, things have to be familiar. Learning to play the guitar was difficult. It means that the fingers of your left hand have to do one thing while the fingers of your right hand do another.

It also means that the fingers of your left hand, the hand that isn’t that great at doing stuff in most people has to do some special movements.

You don’t learn the guitar in a day. It has to be reinforced. You practice and practice until everybody in the house hates the song you are playing.

The same with the piano, clarinet, violin, sewing, machinist word, anything that you want to be good at. Nothing but practice will work: practice until you have learned what it is that you need to know.

The thing that God wants  you to know are not surface things. For someone to really know them, they have to be deep in the heart, well-practiced and well-learned. We aren’t talking about memorizing scriptures, although that doesn’t necessarily hurt.

We are talking about placing these things deep in your heart, down at the level where they become a part of you. Hiding them in your heart, remembering stuff that has been forever.

His laws are ancient. They have been with you for so long that you cannot imagine a life without them. They guide your every move, measure your every motivation, they move you in service to God.

Just like savings. Savings are for a reason. You put the money is what you hope is a safe place to keep it for when you need it. When you do, then you can withdraw it and use it.

You put the word so deep in your heart that when you need it, it is automatically there. It is the same as learning the guitar so well, that you play without effort. Like operating a machine, driving a car, using a sewing machine – anything that has to be learned. You learn it so that it becomes a part of you.

God’s word is no good unless it is a part of you, unless it goes deep down into your heart.

It is that depth that brings the comfort of knowing that you are going the right way.