How can a young man keep his way pure?Verse 1-8 says that the nature of God's Word consists of:
By living according to your word.
I seek you with all my heart; do not let me stray from your commands.
I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.
Praise be to you, O LORD; teach me your decrees.
With my lips I recount all the laws that come from your mouth.
I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.
I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways.
I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your ways.
- the Law
- Statutes
- ways
- precepts
- decrees
- Commands
It keeps his ways pure.
Jesus the Word of God said,
"Blessed are the pure, they will see God." (Matt 5:8)
We have to see God so that we can be pure. Seeing God who is pure we can be pure. How can we see God?
By living according to God's word
Seek him with all my heart
Not stray from the word of God
Hide the word of God
Praise God and ask God to teach us
Recount the laws
Following God's statues with joy
Meditate on God's precepts
Consider your ways
Delight in God's decrees
Not neglect God's word
When we hear and practice God's law, it gives joy and delight. God's word demands our obedience. God is not asking us to do something but God's word is our life.
We are living in a not so pure world. How can we live as children of God? Is living pure life possible?
Yes. When we see Jesus who lived the pure life and could see God we can have hope to live and follow our LORD Jesus' way.
I remember one occasion when Jesus was 12 or so, he went up to Jerusalem with his parents. There many Bible scholars were amazed by his wisdom. (Luke 2)
Jesus came from God. God sent his Son to us. He longed for his real Father God and his word. He longed to be his Father's temple. But when his earthly parents found him at the temple after separating for a few days, he went down to Joseph and Mary's house and became obedient to them.
We always says that if this person is worthy then I would obey. In this case, Jesus was far wiser than his parents. But he went down and honored his parents that God placed him under. He heard God's command and obeyed the Law. In this way, he could be pure.
His death on the cross is for us who could not be pure and could not see God. In order for us to know God and see God, our LORD Jesus had to die on the cross in obedience to God the Father's word.
God's law points out our impurity. So we do not like it but without knowing how impure we are and what it takes to make us pure, we can not have delight in God's word.
We see many times when Jesus spoke the word of God came out. He hid God's word in his heart. Not only hid the word of God, he obeyed them. In this way, young man Jesus could be pure.
As we reflect Jesus' life and his devotion for the word of God, we could have confidence on the word of God. Only word of God, Jesus makes us pure.
I praise you because you gave us the best. Your very word of God Jesus to us. He is our delight and he is our joy. I live among people with unclean lips. I am a man of unclean lips. I ask God to purify me with his word.
I have studied chemistry and used to work as an analytical chemist. There is nothing pure in this world. No pure water, no pure compounds. But you say that your word makes us pure.
Are you so boastful or you are the one who can do impossible? Help us to put my trust in your word. My confidence comes from your word. Make me pure so that I can see you and praise you.
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