David prayed that God would open his eyes and teach him his laws. He wanted to know all about God so that he could live according to his word. 18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Throughout the psalm we see him seeking God's face, pleading to know more about God, more about his ways, more about his statutes, more about his commandments and the only reason he had for wanting to know more about it all was that he might live according to God's ways and tell others about Gods wonderful works. 27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. 33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.
34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. 44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
We as Christians could learn something from reading the psalms of King David. Things were not always easy for him. He was hunted like an animal by his enemies. He knew something about suffering, but he also knew something about praying. He knew where his help came from. So many times in life when we are hurt, when we suffer loss, when we are in need, when our greatest HOPE and our greatest HELP is in God, we turn and walk away from him instead of crying out to him. God knows our pain, he knows our needs and he knows our sorrows. If we would turn to him with our whole hearts and seek his face, he would hear from heaven bring comfort to our souls. We need to read his word continually and seek for knowledge and wisdom to understand his laws. The more we bury God's word in our hearts, the more JOY we will have in our lives. I like to say that we get out of it what we are willing to put into it. If we go all week long and never pick up the bible to read, or we never go into our prayer closet and pray then we can't expect to go to church on Sunday and have the blessings of God fall upon us. Our lives should be a living example of God's ways. Sinners should be able to know things about God just by watching how we live. It is my heart's desire Lord that my life would portray your word. I feel like King David when he said, 94 I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts. 97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. 105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. 114 Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. 124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. We can never walk God's path on our own, we need his help, his guidance and his love. We are so much more blessed than David was. God's spirit would come upon King David, but when Jesus Christ ascending back to the Father, he said he would send us a comforter that would never leave us nor forsake us, the Holy Ghost. God has given us his Holy Spirit to dwell inside of us to be there always leading us. What a blessing God has given mankind. We don't have worry about if we do something right or wrong if we will only listen to him. The Holy Ghost will speak to our hearts and he will teach us God's ways. He is our comfort and our guide. We are most blessed to have him in our lives. Blessed be his Holy name.
