January 19
Psalms 119:26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
Dear child of God, my friend, my brother; shall we declare our ways to our Lord?
Oh yes, He knows it all and sees it all; but with all due respect, He will not ‘steal’ information not volunteered to Him. Let’s now reach down deep at the bottom of our heart. Let’s use a scraper. Let’s peel off anything that clings to the walls of our soul, and expose that which we fear to be declared. Let’s make ourselves utterly naked in the sight of our Lord. Let’s make a free will offering of the transparency of our soul. Oh no we shouldn’t fear. He is as gentle as a dove; His cooing refreshes our weary soul.
See Him now. He puts on gloves of gentleness. He carefully and gently lays out all the parts of our heart, the part we have voluntarily given Him. He stands in privileged gratefulness. He looks at every part with judgment and mercy. Now He cries; now He intercedes; now He takes upon Himself every injustice, every ache, every hurt, and the pain that He sees. He makes an atonement for all selfishness, for our every proud thought, and each contending ways.
He now applies the balm of Gilead, this famous balm that heals and softens. Its regenerating qualities flow from the Lord’s mouth and from His tears. It lubricates and softens His tender hands of love as He retrains every part of our soul to stand upright again, as he sets in the statutes of His Holy Spirit within the walls of our heart.
Oh yes; oh yes we can trust Him with our soul. Oh yes we can trust Him with our heart. We can trust Him to gently engrave in it His statutes.
Proverbs 3:6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
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