Recently while reading through the Psalms, I realized that I was reading words that I hadn’t hidden in my heart. I knew that these words, springing forth from the heart of a man whose heart was like God’s, needed to be in my heart. They needed to be my words, but they weren’t always. And so, I’m challenging myself and I want to challenge you to take some of these Psalms to heart. Meditate upon them and commit yourself to the Lord that you will uphold these vows.
“Every day I will bless You, and I will praise Your name forever and ever.”
Psalm 145:2
I make it my aim to glorify God with my life, but I don’t know that I am deliberate enough in making sure that every single day I praise my God. I want that to change. Every day I want to bless the Lord. Every day, I want to praise Him. He alone is worthy, after all.
“My voice You shall hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up.”
Psalm 5:3
Do I make it a habit to pray to God in the morning? Do I start my day by directing my thoughts to Him? I want to make this a deliberate part of my life as well. I want to start my day off on the right track by committing my day to the Lord, asking that He will keep me from temptation and help me to do all that I can to see and take advantage of opportunities for Him. I want to start my day by acknowledging that God alone is my strength and my reason for getting through the day.
“I will praise You, O Lord, with my *whole heart; I will tell of all Your marvelous works.”
Psalm 9:1
Do I make it a habit of telling about all of the marvelous works of our God? Do I make it a habit to study them so I know them well enough to tell? I want to make that commitment. To learning about God and telling others about His wonderful works.
“I delight to do Your will, O my God, And Your law is within my heart.”
Psalm 40:8
How many things do I do in a grudging manner? How many commands to I fulfill because I have to and not because I get to? No more! I will delight to do the will of God. The things that I don’t especially enjoy, I will make a commitment to change my heart and fall deeper and deeper in love with God so that I can delight in doing things that please Him.
It is my prayer that we can all commit ourselves to do these things. To continually seek God and seek to please Him. If we will, how blessed will we be? I know my life will be better, and I know eternity will be mine.
*I once wrote a post about what it means to believe with your whole heart. You can find it here.
