I Will Delight Myself

I will meditate on Your precepts,
And contemplate Your ways.
I will delight myself in Your statutes;
I will not forget Your word.

—Psalm 119:15-16 (NKJV)

Loving LORD,

Let my heart be filled with Your Word—so that I would always consider Your ways and be careful never to forget the Truth of all that You have commanded me in Your Word.

Help me to contemplate those truths that have revealed to me the nature of who You are and the perfection of all Your ways—truths that have been revealed to me through Your written Word, through the words of others, and even by the words you have placed in my own mind and mouth, but always truths that have been brought to light by Your Spirit.

As I delight myself in Your statutes, don’t allow me to fail to apply those laws to my life that my life would be fruitful—for to fail to do so would be to fail to realize all the blessings of peace, joy, and freedom in which You have planned for me to walk.

Help me to understand that in Your Word, as I purpose to meditate on Your Word and not forget the Truth that I discover there, I find You—and in finding You I am made complete.

Let my heart be filled with Your Word—so that I would always consider Your ways and be careful never to forget the Truth of all that You have commanded me in Your Word.

In the name of Jesus, Amen.