Read Psalm 19

Monday

Read Psalm 19

19  How clearly the sky reveals God’s glory!

How plainly it shows what he has done!

²Each day announces it to the following day;

each night repeats it to the next.

³No speech or words are used,

no sound is heard;

⁴Yet their message^d goes out to all the world

and is heard to the ends of the earth.

God made a home in the sky for the sun;

⁵It comes out in the morning like a happy bridegroom,

like an athlete eager to run a race.

⁶It starts at one end of the sky

and goes across to the other.

Nothing can hide from its heat.

Lord

⁷The law of the Lord is perfect;

it gives new strength.

The commands of the Lord are trustworthy,

giving wisdom to those who lack it.

⁸The laws of the Lord are right,

and those who obey them are happy.

The commands of the Lord are just

and give understanding to the mind.

⁹Reverence for the Lord is good;

it will continue for ever.

The judgements of the Lord are just;

they are always fair.

¹⁰They are more desirable than the finest gold;

they are sweeter than the purest honey.

¹¹They give knowledge to me, your servant;

I am rewarded for obeying them.

¹²No one can see his own errors;

deliver me, Lord, from hidden faults!

¹³Keep me safe, also, from wilful sins;

don’t let them rule over me.

Then I shall be perfect

and free from the evil of sin.

¹⁴May my words and my thoughts be acceptable to you,

O Lord, my refuge and my redeemer!

Think

Reflection on God's wisdom and law begins with reflection on creation.  Look how wonderfully it is made; look at the rhythms and the grand design.  It is God's law that holds all this together (the laws of physics that few of us understand are God's laws).

God has revealed himself to the world in which we live - God has spoken, interacted, showed us is heart - revealing his ways - all of this culminating in Jesus.

Pray

As I open myself to your law, to your way - I ask O Lord that you would: "Deliver me from hidden faults!  Keep me safe from wilful sins.  My my words and my thoughts be acceptable to you, O LORD, my refuge and my redeemer!"