"So commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, so that as long as the sky remains above the earth, you and your children may flourish in the land the LORD swore to give your ancestors. "Be careful to obey all these commands I am giving you. Show love to the LORD your God by walking in His ways and holding tightly to Him.
There's that pesky word again. Commit! It has several definitions, some positive with the connotations of entrust or dedicate; some have negative such as to perpetuate a crime but all have a common thread. They are all or nothing. Rather ridiculous to think about walking into a bank and announcing that you might be there to pull off a robbery. Equally ridiculous to think that you can sort of obey the LORD, God the Almighty. A halfhearted commitment is no commitment at all.
Today's readings in the Psalms:
Morning: Psalm 88
Mid-day: 119:161-168
Evening: Psalm 14
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