Our need for God’s grace.

One thing that always strikes me in this psalm is David’s passion for God and his Word. He loved God and desired to live a life pleasing to him.

And yet, today, I was thinking about just how much David recognized he needed God’s grace as well.

He cried out,

If only my ways were committed
to keeping your statutes! (Psalm 119:5)

And he admitted,

I wander like a lost sheep. (176)

So time and again, he asked for God’s grace.

He asked that God would teach him. (12, 29,33, 66, 68, 108, 124)

He prayed God would open his spiritual eyes. (18)

He asked for understanding. (27, 34, 73, 125, 144, 169)

He asked for help to obey. (35)

He prayed for a heart that was inclined to God and his Word. (36)

He prayed for eyes that would turn away from sinful things. (37)

And he prayed that God would deal with him based on His own grace and steadfast love. (58, 124)

None of us are perfect. All of us need God’s grace in our lives. So each day, let us pray as David did in this psalm.