How to Live

Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,

who walk according to the law of the Lord.

Blessed are those who keep his statutes

and seek him with all their heart—

How can a young person stay on the path of purity?

By living according to your word.

I have hidden your word in my heart

that I might not sin against you.

Psalm 119:1,2,9,11

Blessed is the man
who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners,
nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
but his delight is in the law of the Lord,
and on his law he meditates day and night.

Psalm 1:1,2

How to live a fulfilled life is to walk according to God's word.  Keeping his statutes, his commandments. How can a young or even an old person like me stay on a path of purity, by living according to God's word. Verse 11 says I have hidden your word in my heart that I not sin against you.  In Psalm 1 we find a person who delights in the law of the Lord and meditates on God's law. That is how to live. Know that God is on his throne. The earth still rotates as God set it in motion. The sparrows and other birds still thrive after centuries. Their life span my not be as long as ours, but year in and year out God feeds them. My way has been blessed since that day 30 plus years ago when I asked Jesus to forgive me of my sins and come into my life. I remember a time of despondency prior to my accepting Jesus into my heart. I remember difficult times through the years. Time when I really wanted to quit my job. Times of sorrow and stress as I walked through divorce. But I remember good times also, times when I would call out to God for guidance and he did direct my path. I am going through new territory for me as I look to become an Alderman in the city I live. I pray for God's guidance. I do not know any area of life I did not need God's guidance. I learned to late to call out to him. I learned to look to God's ways, his word for guidance. I was impressed when a fellow Deacon prayed about a Christian Fellowship on his job. He applied 14 times until his application was accepted. He prayed over and over again, is this what you really want me to do as he was rejected time after time. Each time he felt God saying continue. God has plans for our life and we would do well to seek his guidance and his will for our lives. That is how to live, seeking God and his direction for all that we do. That is truly how to live a blessed life, seeking God's word for direction in how to live.   God bless, LVZ.