Seek and Hide.

Psalms 119:11 Thy word have i hidden in my heart, that i might not sin against Thee.

Once a friend of mine asked me to do him a favour on my way to school the next day. He requested that i passed a message to another of our mutual friends. i found myself repeating His instructions to myself again and again before i was sure i would remember it the next day.

I'm sure many of you would have done the same before. Perhaps it was your mother's instructions to heat up the food she prepared, or it was something important you had to remember. But you hid that particular instruction or information right in the depths of your mind so you would be able to carry out what was necessary.

As we enter into the Kingdom of God as His children, we become His chosen people as the Israelites were. Well, God told the Israelites then, and it still does apply to us, that we should "be Holy, for I the Lord your God am Holy." [LEVITICUS 19:2] Unfortunately, the Israelites fell repeated into idolatry and sin. I wouldn't be surprised! For the bible tells us that our hearts are "deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked" [JEREMIAH 17:9].
The Lord however is all knowing and all merciful, and He knows our weaknesses in our flesh. We not only have the Holy Spirit, we have God's word to remind us of God's holiness and the need to remain holy because He is holy.

The Psalmist, King David, wrote most appropriately in Psalms 119:2 that we ought to hide God's word in our heart, that we might not sin against our Father in Heaven. That of course, is not possible unless we SEEK God's word for promises that we can claim on for victory over Sin.

Promises like "My Grace is all sufficient for you" [2 CORINTHIANS 12:9] and "Resist the devil and he will flee from you." [JAMES 4:7] has kept me from sin so many times! and i'm sure the Bible caters to your need as well.

Let us truly seek His word on a daily basis, in order to hide His words in our hearts, that we might remain holy and acceptable in God's sight.