“With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!”
It’s apparent from this confession that the psalmist, having experienced a personal encounter with the living God, responded with a passionate determination to fervently pursue his Creator with all of his heart. Yet, in the same breath, he discloses the unrelenting dilemma that plagues even the most devout seeker of God – the natural tendencies of the human heart to wander from the heavenly instruction that ensures uninterrupted communion with a holy God.
The desperation that resounds through this inspired proclamation reveals that the man of God had come to discover that his continuance upon the path of obedience wasn’t determined by means of human perseverance and passion but, rather, it depended upon God’s gracious provision of heavenly protection.
What we learn from this text is that man’s greatest and most resilient efforts to maintain a life that corresponds with the lofty expectations found in God’s written word will always result in failure if those efforts are not founded upon the strengthening and protective assistance of divine grace.
Although it is true that a pure expression of godliness begins with a heavenly-inspired passion for holiness, the continuance and completion of that passion will only be actualized in the life of the child of God if they live with a constant awareness that, without the continual provision of God’s sustaining grace, they can do nothing!
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