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Beth - the Second letter of the Hebrew Alphabet.
In this section we learn to have a Commitment To God’s Word - 119:9-16
We live in a very beautiful but a very sin-soaked world.
How can the young people growing up today have any hope of keeping his or her way pure in this kind of environment?
Many cultures today have overthrown traditional values regarding morality and marriage.
They have replaced it with permissiveness and perverse practices in the name of personal rights or tolerance.
Satan has used advancing technology to carry out his agenda to destroy lives.
Pornography has become so easily available on the internet that children are exposed to it at a much younger age.
Even many professing Christians do not see the need to stay pure until marriage.
Fewer and fewer remain faithful to their spouses once they are married.
The teenage and early adult years can be very exciting.
But they are also full of many challenges and dangers.
Being surrounded by sensuality everywhere you turn, makes it very difficult for people to remain pure.
Approximately 3,000 years ago, the psalmist asks, “How can a young man cleanse his way”, that is stay pure?
The answer then is still the answer today: by living in obedience to God’s Word.
I. We Must Focus Our Heart
vs. 9,10
The psalmist knew that they key to holiness was keeping the statutes of God’s Word.
By living according to God’s Word you can unleash God’s power to help you remain pure.
It gives power to help you overcome the sinful desires of your heart.
So he makes a commitment here to keep his heart on fire for God and to store up the Scripture within his heart.
A. Be Assured of Your Direction
vs. 9
I have mentioned a few times recently that there is no standing still in the Christian life.
You are either growing or you are backsliding.
Cleanse - to be morally clean, be pure.
How can a young man keep his way pure.
taking heed - Keep, watch over, guard.
Guard according to the Word of God.
This means a constant, diligent comparison of your life to the standard of God’s Word.
Often times when I am working with wood, I want to cut a piece of wood to match another piece.
It is a temptation to just take the board and lay it down on the new board and mark the edge.
But I know form experience that little by little my boards will get a little bit bigger and bigger as I go.
No it has to be measured by the true standard.
We can’t measure our holiness according to other people, or our mark will be off.
We must mark our lives according to the true standard of God’s Word.
B. Be Aware of The Dangers
vs. 10
The Psalmist is very aware that there are dangers of wandering.
Oh, to grace how great a debtor
Daily I'm constrained to be
Let Thy goodness like a fetter
Bind my wandering heart to Thee
Prone to wander, Lord I feel it
Prone to leave the God I love
Here's my heart, oh take and seal it
Seal it for Thy courts above
What is the answer to the wandering heart?
Seeking God with all of your heart!
But also ask Him to seek you!
This word seek is used in the context of young lovers seeking for their love.
Last year I flew to Southern California for a Pastor’s conference.
After the conference I flew up to Sacramento where I would be picked up by my wife.
When I got my luggage, I went out to the street and was seeking for my love.
I couldn’t wait to see her.
It wasn’t a casual glance to see if she might be there, it was a whole hearted searching every face in ever car to see if it might be her.
Are we seeking God with our whole heart?
Does our walk with him have that hunger?
Ask God to give you back that drive to seek Him!
II.
We Must Feed Our Heart
vs. 11-14
The story is told, and I have mentioned it before, of the Old Indian who was talking to the missionary.
“It’s like I have two dogs living inside of me.
A black dog and a white dog.
They are always fighting inside me.”
The missionary asked, “Which one wins?”
The Indian said, “Which ever one I feed the most.”
What are you feeding your heart?
Is it more of the things of this world, or more of the things of heaven?
How do we feed our hearts?
A. By Hiding The Word
v. 11
If we want to have any hope of victory over sin, we must Hide God’s Word in our hearts!
Hide - shelter, keep, save up, store
Often used to conceal something of great value.
Jesus when he was tempted used the Word of God to combat Satan.
If we have any hope of victory, we must hide God’s Word in our heart, store it up to be used at a later date.
If you struggle with a particular sin, find a Bible verse that deals with that sin, memorize it and quote it every time you are tempted.
So Bible Memorization is one way to feed your heart.
B. By Hearing The Word
v. 12
The psalmist now blesses the Lord - Praises Him - and asks Him to teach him His statutes.
If we want to be pure, we need to memorize scripture.
But we also need to put ourselves in a position where we can be continually taught the Word of God.
I often will listen to sermons throughout the week.
Find a church online that is a good, solid Bible believing church and listen to the sermons online.
Unless providentially hindered, be in church every time the doors are open!
Take advantage of every opportunity you have to be taught God’s Statutes!
Growing up, even when my dad wasn’t pastoring, I never once asked, “Are we going to church tonight?”
No we went to church every Sunday morning, Sunday Night and Wednesday Night.
If we were on vacation we found a place to go, unless we absolutely had to keep driving in order to get to an appointment.
Too many Christians today are far too casual about their church attendance.
Their children grow up learning that God’s house is not really a priority.
Put yourself, and your family in a position to learn God’s Word on a regular basis!
C. By Heralding The Word
Vs. 13,14
Then the Psalmist says, not only do I hide God’s Word, and not only do I Hear God’s Word, but I also herald God’s Word.
I speak about it.
The truth is you talk about the things you love!
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