God's Law Sustains

The Inescapable God
God Reveals Psalm 19:7-14 (The Message)
 ^7-9 The revelation of God is whole
      and pulls our lives together.
   The signposts of God are clear
      and point out the right road.
   The life-maps of God are right,
      showing the way to joy.
   The directions of God are plain
      and easy on the eyes.
   God's reputation is twenty-four-carat gold,
      with a lifetime guarantee.
   The decisions of God are accurate
      down to the nth degree.

 ¹⁰ God's Word is better than a diamond,
      better than a diamond set between emeralds.
   You'll like it better than strawberries in spring,
      better than red, ripe strawberries.

 ^11-14 There's more: God's Word warns us of danger
      and directs us to hidden treasure.
   Otherwise how will we find our way?
      Or know when we play the fool?
   Clean the slate, God, so we can start the day fresh!
      Keep me from stupid sins,
      from thinking I can take over your work;
   Then I can start this day sun-washed,
      scrubbed clean of the grime of sin.
   These are the words in my mouth;
      these are what I chew on and pray.
   Accept them when I place them
      on the morning altar,
   O God, my Altar-Rock,
      God, Priest-of-My-Altar.

For Reflection
  "A mighty fortress is our god."  The law of God presents an object of meditation.  As all law, it is filled with potential conflicts. As God's instruction, the law instigates obedience, faith in the "rightness" of human decisions, and realization of God's forgiveness.  God's law is perfect, but our attempt to follow it is quite imperfect.  By His grace, our imperfection becomes acceptable.  It is the fact that we practice the law that makes us acceptable, not that we achieve perfection.

Pray
May the words of our mouth and the meditation of our hearts be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord our Rock and our Redeemer.