Living According To God's Word

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

By living according to your word.

I seek you with all my heart;

do not let me stray from your commands.

I have hidden your word in my heart

that I might not sin against you.

Praise be to you, Lord;

teach me your decrees.

With my lips I recount

all the laws that come from your mouth.

I rejoice in following your statutes

as one rejoices in great riches.

I meditate on your precepts

and consider your ways.

I delight in your decrees;

I will not neglect your word.

God is sovereign. If you stop and think about it our whole universe exist at his command. The earth rotates around the sun at a given distance, speed, rotation. Held in place by just the right amount of gravitational pull. a delicate balance. Some months back I read in article about reintroducing the gray wolf into Yellowstone park and how we have discovered the delicate balance in nature was destroyed by eliminating the wolf. Since their reintroduction, even other species like rabbits, deer and elk are affected. The trees along the stream beds have been affected and even the streams themselves are healthier with the balance that God designed is restored.  This world exists at God's command. God tells us how do live and when we violate God's commands bad things happen.  We can look at our country as another example,  civil authority is ordained by God, Romans 13. We vote in general elections and think we vote in our President. But God is sovereign, and sometimes God gives us who we deserve. We slander at will and think nothing of it. Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. Titus 3:1-2 Our country is sick and we look for the next political leader to fix us. In reality we have wondered from God's precepts, his principles, his order in the world. We slander at will especially when the President is not the one we voted for. We don't show proper respect, remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient. And we wonder why things are so messed up. We are not following God's principles, his precepts, his ways. God's ways are the ways that work. He is sovereign. He put this world together in a delicate balance. Courtesy towards all people, even those we disagree with politically. How many times do we shut people down with disrespect when we disagree with them especially politically?  Our world is messed up. Every day on the news there seems to be a different killing. Our world is out of balance and just as it did in nature in Yellowstone Park, restoring that balance fixes things. 2 Chronicles 7:13-14,  When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people, if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. Do we want restoration in our country? Most of us say yes. God says when God's people humble themselves, I believe it is humbling to acknowledge that God is Sovereign and over all. He even gave us the President that we like or detest. Christians prayed for this election more than any other election in recent history and God gave us Trump. If we are liberal in our political leanings, we probably think he gave us punishment or what we deserve. If Conservative, we probably think he is the best thing since sliced bread. Are we still seeking God's face? Our country is a mess, violence, disrespect at every turn. Now the next part of this a condition in this promise. TURN FROM OUR WICKED WAYS. We slander at will, it doesn't matter if it is true, if it meets are preconceived political leaning we will post it on face book. It doesn't have to be true. How can we know if it is anyway out there is cyber world. We disrespect at will and wonder why the next generation has no respect at all. Honor the king, pray for our leaders. the delicate balance of our world has been overturned by us and we wonder why. If we want healing for our country, it is very simple. It is not the current or the former or the next President or other political leader we need. It is to follow once again the principles and ways of a sovereign God. If we follow God's ways the balance will be restored as we will see healing of our land, just as we see in Yellowstone National Park, the restoration of the balance put in place by a sovereign God brings healing. Pray and seek his face, Turn from our wicked ways. I just scratched the surface in the things I mentioned above. There are the Ten Commandments as well. Do we honor our parents that our that our days may be well? Do we respect the unborn? God holds life in his hands, what right do we have to supersede his authority. God is sovereign and we upset the balance and wonder why our world is in a mess.

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

By living according to your word. 
An old man or a young man it makes no difference, by living according to God's word, God's precepts, God's ways, God's commands. We want healing, it starts in our hearts, with our attitude towards a sovereign God. God bless, LVZ.