Good morning Please remember to spend some time in prayer and thanksgiving today! An attitude of gratitude will bring joy and peace to your day.
Being mother and daughter, Mom and I have many things in common.. One of those is studying and talking about God’s word. A few nights ago, she shared an interesting story with me.. She talked about her middle school years. One year her class did a choral presentation from Psalm 19. In those days, teachers taught from certain parts of the Bible.
She said the entire class participated. From this experience, she learned one of her favorite verses. It is Ps. 19:14 which is the last verse in this psalm. “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”
This verse has stayed with Mom. I’ve heard her quote it many times throughout my life. I must admit it is a powerful scripture. There is so much packed into this one verse! First of all, it is a prayer. David petitioned God asking for help.
He expressed a sincere desire to please God. In this plea David focused specifically on his mouth (words) and the meditation (thoughts) of his heart . As Christians, we should have the same desire. That being said, we should learn to keep our hearts (or minds) pure and holy.
We do this through study of the scriptures. I know it seems like I talk a lot about studying God’s word, but it is necessary to please our Heavenly Father. He always knows what is best for us. Having a knowledge of God’s word gives us a firm foundation to stand on in any situation. We will automatically praise Him when good things happen and lean on Him when the storms of life are raging all around us.
We will not be easily provoked to anger. Christian women should be the strongest, yet gentlest women on earth. Like the woman in Proverbs 31 we will open our mouths “with wisdom and the teaching of kindness” will be on our tongues (Proverbs 31:26).
In other words, we will watch our mouths. Knowing God’s word helps us control our thoughts and, consequently, our words..
When we meditate on God’s word, it becomes a part of our very being. We develop new thought patterns. We are transformed instead of being conformed to the world (Romans 12:2). We have our thoughts on things above, not on things of the earth (Colossians 3:2).
Changing our thoughts works changes our ways. We realize the old ways of the world no longer work for us. We learn to see others as Christ sees them. We become more compassionate and gracious. People notice the change in us, and our good works glorify our Father.
Let us be like the Psalmist who wrote “I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways” (Psalm 119:15).
Christ above all things - Robin
