Follow each day as we pray through Psalm 119.

vs. 2 – Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart!

O’ Father, I confess that it is most difficult to keep Your testimonies. My heart is prone to wander to serve self rather than Thee. I catch myself indulging in the pride of life, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes. I am sorry. I am thankful that You do not judge me according to my faithfulness, or rather lack of it. In Christ I am free from condemnation in my failures. I am free to keep trying and trying, all the time knowing that I am safe in Christ, who is the propitiation of my sins. May the Holy Spirit continue to mold my heart to seek You more faithfully. And in seeking You I will grow and be transformed from grace unto grace. Jesus Christ, be the glory! Amen!

Thomas Manton:
In this psalm the man of God begins with a description of the way to true blessedness. In the former verse a blessed man is described by the course of his actions, ‘Blessed are the undefiled in the way.’ In this, by the frame of his heart, ‘Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, that seek him with the whole heart.’ The internal principle of good actions is the verity and purity of the heart.  (Manton, T. (1872). The Complete Works of Thomas Manton (Vol. 6, p. 15). London: James Nisbet & Co.)