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Devotional - 09th Oct 2020

 'Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law;  yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart' (Psalm 119:34).

God's desire is to save all of us. He gave His commandments, His precepts and laws that we may know Him and understand His work; for us to seek and observe them in our walk with Him. He has given us many promises to meet our every need; in times of challenges and difficulties we can claim them. As we recognise our needs we may come and lay it all at Jesus' feet. God's promises are sure and we can be confident that He will do what He says. He invites us to come to Him and ask, and promises to hear and answer. In the passage we see the Psalmist asking God to give him understanding. It isn't just a general understanding to know; but spiritual understanding to discern what is right, so as not go contrary to God's Word. He is also asking God to help him to keep His law and to give him the desire to obey Him with all his heart. That's such a powerful prayer! He wishes to understand everything that He needs to know about God, from beginning to end. We too need to attain this spirit understanding to distinguish when we are going contrary to God and his law. We need to study God's Word diligently and meditate upon it, so we can fully understand and obey Him with all our heart. We cannot do it of ourselves, so we need the indwelling of the Holy Spirit to help us. Let us pray to understand more of what God wants of us; to learn to fix our heart upon Him through Jesus Christ; to pursue wisdom as we seek Him through His Word. Let us seek to understand the Gospel, of Christ and the things of Christ, as we do the will of God from the heart. As we allow the Holy Spirit to be our teacher, let us pray for spiritual understanding and a teachable spirit. The more we understand, the more obedient we will want to be, and be able to be.

Have a wonderful day and a blessed weekend 🌹🌹

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