"Explain to me, O YAHWEH, YOUR commandments, and I will be ever faithful to them.
Give me understanding, that I may observe YOUR law with all my heart.
Guide me in obeying YOUR instructions, for my pleasure lies in them.
Incline my heart to follow YOUR will and not my own selfish desire.
Turn my eyes away from vanities and direct them to YOUR life-giving word.
Oh, how I long for YOUR precepts! Renew my life in YOUR righteousness."
- Psalm 119:33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 40
(The longest psalm in the Scriptures is inversely proportionate to the short human life of JESUS on earth. JESUS prayed and even taught us how to pray. By HIS life on earth and HIS example, HE showed us the way. HE followed the path of righteousness enunciated all along in this psalm. In fact, in verse 36 when the psalmist says, 'Incline my heart to follow YOUR will...' is a reminder of JESUS' prayer in Gethsemane in Luke 22:42 'FATHER, if it is YOUR will, remove this cup from ME; however, not MY will but YOURS be done.' Therefore, if we too follow the path of righteousness doing the will of GOD through our heart, mind and actions, we too will be rescued no matter how difficult our burdens, we too will be with HIM in paradise [Luke 23:43].)
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