Vs. 15 — I will meditate on Your precepts, And contemplate Your ways.
Shall God leave but one book to his church’s care and study, and shall it not be read? Shall we be told there is so rich a treasure laid up in this mine, and we continue so beggarly in our knowledge, rather than take a little pains by digging in it to come by it? The canker and rust of our gold and silver, which is got with harder labor than is required here, will rise up in judgment against many, and say, “You could drudge and trudge for us that are now turned to rust and dust, but could walk over the field of the word, where an incorruptible treasure lay, and would lose it rather than your sloth!” (Ritzema, E., & Vince, E. (Eds.). (2013). 300 Quotations for Preachers from the Puritans. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press.)
Prayer:
O’ Lord, I will meditate on Your precepts, and I will contemplate Your ways. I will because I want to, more so because I need to. Your precepts–those responsibilities that You have put before us, I will take seriously. Give me understanding in them, and also in all of Your ways. Holy Spirit, feed my wife and children the desire to meditate on Your precepts and ways. Let their minds understand and be fed, that they may continue to walk with You and see Your grace at work.
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