Filled with love

DEVOTION

PSALMS

FILLED WITH LOVE

Ps 119:57-64

57 Heth

You are my portion, O LORD; I have promised to obey your words. 58 I have sought your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to your promise. 59 I have considered my ways and have turned my steps to your statutes. 60 I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands. 61 Though the wicked bind me with ropes, I will not forget your law. 62 At midnight I rise to give you thanks for your righteous laws. 63 I am a friend to all who fear you, to all who follow your precepts. 64 The earth is filled with your love, O LORD; teach me your decrees.

NIV

Day eight in the longest psalm. Once again the psalmist promises to obey the Lord no matter what. When we consider our ways at one time in our life, we too turned our steps to his statutes. However, we were not so much interested in seeking how many laws we could obey. Our motivation for turning our steps was driven by our desire for eternal life. This was the call we answered, “That whosoever believes in him will not perish but have everlasting life”. Since then the wicked have tried to bind us with ropes, ropes of temptations to lure us back into the darkness, but we will not forget the light that shines into our heart and upon our life. We live and love the light. Even in the darkness of night at midnight, when we awake, we see the light. Although the world may be rampant with darkness and void of true love, we see your love all over. Each day we arise from our slumber, we see your love toward us. When we watch the sunrise, your love is there. When we feel the rain on our face, your love is there. Even when that brisk cold air fills our nostrils, your love is there. When the snow falls, both gently or with a mighty wind, it serves your purpose and thus your love is there. In the spring as the green begins to appear in the branches, your love is there. But most importantly, we feel your love within our heart, the comfort, the peace, the contentment you bring to our heart because it is filled with your love. Lord, teach us more, reveal more of yourself to us each day so we may experience you to the fullest, that our life will be overflowing with you. Help us Lord to decrease that you might increase.