Understanding The Answers That You Have Already Given

I told you my plans, and you answered.
    Now teach me your decrees.

Help me understand the meaning of your commandments,
    and I will meditate on your wonderful deeds.

—Psalm 119:26-27 (NLT)

Heavenly Father,

You know everything, but always take the time to listen to what I have to say, anyway.  Now help me to listen, as You teach me Your commands and reveal to me the full depth of their meaning.

All of my plans and ideas, all of my needs and desires, all of my grumbling and complaining, all of my expressions and confessions, all of my challenges and questions—you have heard them all with patient compassion and tender mercy for me.

Through Your Word and out of Your unfailing love, You have already answered every word I have ever spoken—before it was even formed in my mouth.

Now, teach me Your Word and help me to understand Your commandments, so I might know their deepest meanings and understand how they demonstrate Your love for me—through the protection and provision they provide for me, when I  follow carefully after them.

Then I will set aside my own plans and quiet the thoughts that overrun my mind—seeking only to see, understand and meditate on the wondrous works of Your hands, which surround me in every circumstance within which I may find myself.

You know everything, but always take the time to listen to what I have to say, anyway.  Now help me to listen, as You teach me Your commands and reveal to me the full depth of their meaning.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.