5 - O that my ways were directed
to keep thy statues.
Directed comes from a Hebrew word meaning to make firm, to establish, to prepare.
Charles Spurgeon talked about this verse in this way: "Divine commands should direct us in the subject of our prayers. We cannot of ourselves keep God's statutes as he would have them kept, and yet we long to do so: what resort have we but prayer? We must ask the Lord to work our works in us, or we shall never work out his commandments. This verse is a sigh of regret because the Psalmist feels that he has not kept the precepts diligently, it is a cry of weakness appealing for help to one who can aid, it is a request of bewilderment from one who has lost his way and would fain be directed in it, and it is a petition of faith from one who loves God and trusts in him for grace."
Our human nature must be placed on the altar and killed anew every single morning. We must then stay there in prayer until He has regenerated us into His will--His plan--His creature for the day.
Paul said, "I die daily." (1 Cor 15:31) So must we.
We cannot die to ourselves praying our own selfish prayers. We must pray the Word--His Words--His commands--His will.
Then we will be firm and established and it becomes humanly possible to live life God's way.
© 2012 by Melani Brady Shock
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