Devotional for Thursday, May 24, 2018
“Directed and Established in His Ways”
by Dona Hake
Over the past few days we have been meditating on reflecting the Son, and we looked at the work of our loving Refiner’s hand in our life. I love the prayer of the Psalmist in Psalm 119:5. I feel it goes well with the meditations of our past few days. This is taken from the Amplified Translation…
“Oh, that my ways were directed and established
to observe your statutes (hearing, receiving,
loving, and obeying them)!!”
Hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying God is all part of the refining process therefore reflecting it to those around us. Have you ever heard something, and it went in one ear and out the other? I am sure we have all been guilty of that one. May I mention that doing this is a choice…it does not just happen. So our Lord wants us to be very cautious that we never pick and choose when we are hearing the living Word of His truth. The Word of the living God should be revered and held at a standard above our thoughts and opinions. May we hear it, take hold of it, and receive it to be our very own revelation. As we hold fast to that Word, love it, and obey it, we will indeed reflect His degrees in the manner in which we live. Let us be faithful to read and study His Word, and as we meditate and reflect upon the Word it will grow within our hearts.
“I will study Your commandments and reflect on
Your ways.“ Psalm 119:15 New Living translation
May our prayer be that the Lord would help us to remember that as we are here on this earth, we would desire Him to live in and through us in a bright and glorious way! May we be vessels that He is able to flow freely without hindrances. Oh that we remain humble that He can always show us those things that would hinder us from reflecting Him in full capacity. Let us be a people that always desire to be directed in all of our ways!
“You are good and kind and do good; teach me your statutes.“
Psalms 119:68 Amplified version