Iwoke up one morning and discovered that my internet connection was not working. My service provider did some tests and concluded that my modem needed to be replaced, but the earliest they could do so was the next day. I panicked a little when I thought about being without an internet connection for 24 hours! I thought, How am I going to survive without it?

Then I asked myself, Would I also panic if my connection with God was disrupted for a day? We keep our connection with God alive by spending time in His Word and in prayer. Then we are to be “doers of the Word” (James 1:22-24).

The writer of Psalm 119 recognised the importance of a connection to God. He asked God to teach him His ways and give him understanding of His law (vv.33-34). Then he prayed that he would observe it with his whole heart (v.34), walk in the path of God’s commandments (v.35) and turn away his eyes from looking at worthless things (v.37). By meditating on God’s Word and then applying it, the psalmist stayed ‘connected’ to God.

God has given us His Word as a lamp to our feet and a light to our path to lead us to Him.

Spend time with God in His Word and in prayer, and get to know Him more each day.

Author

C. P. Hia

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Our Daily Bread