“I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways
are before you.”
Psalm 119:168
Our heavenly Father knows
everything that we do. Our ways (as in “all my ways are before you”) can be our
habits. God sees our habits, whether they are good habits or bad. He is looking
to see if we obey (keep) His commandments and decrees. Most of our struggles in
life are related to our habits. Some of these habits can be with the tongue:
gossiping, slandering, cursing, lying, complaining, grumbling, being negative, fault-finding,
and critical, as well as saying things in fits of anger. Some of these habits
can be unhealthy addictions: smoking, drinking, taking drugs, overeating,
choosing the wrong kinds of friends, watching things on television that you
shouldn’t, listening to unedifying music and viewing pornography. Other habits
can include: sleeping in too late, laziness, cracking your knuckles and nail-biting.
God wants to replace all our bad habits with good ones (things that are good
for our spiritual wellbeing). This includes reading our bibles every single day,
meditating on His Word (hiding it in our hearts), praying, worshipping Him in
song, going to church each week, surrounding ourselves with godly people, attending
various bible studies and getting involved in a small group. Psalm 119:161-168
can help us with replacing the bad habits and replacing it with good habits as
well. We fear God’s Word and are in awe of it (vs.161). We rejoice at His Word
and consider it a great treasure (vs. 162). We hate and abhor lying but love
His law (vs. 163). We praise Him throughout the day (vs. 164). We have His
great peace because we love His law (vs. 165). Because we love His law and have
His great peace we don’t stumble (vs. 165). We obey and keep His commandments
as we love them exceedingly (vs. 166-167). And we know that He sees all our
habits (vs. 168).
Father, May we fear Your Word and be in awe of it. May we
rejoice at Your Word and consider it a great treasure. May we hate and abhor
lying but love Your law. May we praise You throughout the day. May we have
great peace because we love Your law. Help us so that we don’t stumble. May we
obey and keep Your commandments, loving them exceedingly. We know that You see
all our habits. May we stop having bad habits. May You replace our bad habits
with good ones, ones that will help us in our spiritual walk with You. In Jesus’
name we pray. Amen.
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