Cleansing by the Word

 BETH

"9How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. 10With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments! 11Your word I have hidden in my heart, That I might not sin against You. 12Blessed are You, O Lord! Teach me Your statutes. 13With my lips I have declared All the judgments of Your mouth. 14I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches.15 I will meditate on Your precepts, And contemplate Your ways. 16I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word."   Psalm 119:9-16   NKJV

How can this happen? How can a man or a woman, young or old, cleanse themselves? The answer is, by taking heed according to God's Word. Actually, it doesn't only affect the young man or woman; it affects any age. Therefore, how do we keep pure? By practical obedience to what it teaches us in the bible. But, if we don't read it, how can we know it? As we go through this part of the Psalm. there is a merging of human desire - 'With my whole heart I have sought you' - then a plea to God, 'Oh let me not wander from Your commandments'. The person writing this Psalm knows how difficult this walk is.

The best place to place God's Word is, is in the heart, the writer calls it 'hidden in the heart' v11. We are not made holy by our own efforts. We need God to knock on our door (Rev 3:20). As we open it and invite Him in, He comes in and has fellowship with us. We need Him in our heart - hidden away- 

We also need to learn from Him and the only way we'll do that, is to spend quality time with Him. When I say 'quality' I mean as much as we can, we need to spend time with Him. If He is in our heart, it is a shame to ignore Him or only acknowledge Him occasionally through the day. He can, and wants to be, helpful throughout our day. He knows all things; He knows the way things go and He knows when we are going down the wrong track. Why waste this time when He is available to us 24/7. It makes no sense. Spend 'quality time' with Him.

When we are fully charged up in the Holy Spirit, we have this desire to want others to know what He has done in our lives. We have the need to evangelise anything that is near us. It's ok to be this way. It is the excitement of the Holy Spirit within us. What we have, we want others to have too, we can't help ourselves. 

As we meditate on His Word and consider His ways, we begin to delight ourselves in His statutes (v15-16), we will never forget what He has done for us. In fact, once a person experiences Jesus, they will never want to be without Him.

If you don't know Jesus or, have fallen away, why not say this prayer right now

Lord Jesus, I have sinned. I ask you to forgive me and be my Lord and Saviour. Please come into my heart, fill me with Your Spirit and give me a brand new start today. In Jesus' Name. Amen
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