Devotion for Saturday, April 13, 2019

“Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I shall observe it to
the end. Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law and keep it with
all my heart. Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, for I delight in
it.” (Psalm 119:33-35)

Understanding is not some potion
you drink but the hard work of hearing, reading, meditating, praying and
learning to live the instructions of the Lord. To seek understanding is to be
willing to do the work to gain it. Ask the Lord and He will give you
understanding. Walk in His ways and He will teach you His statutes. Come to
know the Lord and He will give you knowledge.

Lord, daily I become busy with the things of life. Help me, I pray, to
not be hindered in the most important relationship of eternity. Guide me in the
way I should go that I may never veer from the path that You have set before
me. Lead me, O Lord, in the way of truth that I would now and always walk
humbly in the way of righteousness which You have established for all people.

Lord Jesus, You have commanded
that we learn to obey all that You have commanded. Lead me in the way of
learning Your statues that I would forever walk more closely with You and the
way of everlasting life. Guide me this day that I may gain understanding. Grant
that I would listen as You speak and respond as You direct that this day I may
become a little more like You. Create in me an understanding heart, O Lord. Amen.