"My heart is set on keeping Your decrees to the very end"- Psalm 119:112.
Obedience to God's laws and guidelines is the heartbeat and centerpiece of this rather long Psalm. Love for His standards is the motivation, not pressure or "shoulds" or obligation. Love for high standards of godliness and integrity is as rare as hen's teeth these days. We might adhere to God's commandments out of obligation, but love?
Love for God's statutes stems from a soul deeply in love with her Creator, Saviour, Lover, Provider. Out of devotion to the Master comes a deep desire to please, to honor, to bring pleasure, knowing that it is out of His passionate love for us that He has set these guidelines in place. He knows who we are, He knows what we need, He knows what is best.
Oh God, may deep adoration be my motivation for striving to live up to the high standards that you have set.
Pressing on toward that goal ~
Linda
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Linda