JUNE 13, 2013
Stay
Connected
Read: Psalm
119:33-40
Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. —Psalm 119:105
I
woke up one morning and discovered that my Internet connection was not
working.
My service provider conducted some tests and concluded that my
modem needed to
be replaced, but the earliest they could do so was the next
day. I panicked a
little when I thought about being without the Internet connection
for 24 hours!
I thought, How am I going to survive without it?
Then
I asked myself, Would I also panic if my connection with God was disrupted
for a day? We keep our connection
with God alive by spending time in His Word
and in prayer. Then we are to be
“doers of the Word” (James 1:22-24).
The
writer of Psalm 119 recognized the importance of a connection to God. He
asked
God to teach him His statutes and give him understanding of His law (vv.33-34).
Then he prayed that he would observe it with his whole heart (v.34), walk in
the
path of God’s commandments (v.35), and turn away his eyes from looking at
worthless things (v.37). By meditating on God’s Word and then applying it, the
psalmist stayed “connected” to God.
God
has given us His Word as a lamp to our feet and a light to our path to lead
us
to Him.
May the mind of Christ my Savior
Live in me from day to day,
By His love and power controlling
All I do and say. —Wilkinson
To recharge your spiritual battery, plug into the Source.
Source:
Our Daily Bread 2012
