The Many and the One
Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day. Psalm 119:97 Man, is that whole-hearted love or what? I pray that verse frequently, and I keep hoping that one of these times it will feel sincere! Because the fact is that my love for God’s law is not as strong as all that. While his words may briefly come to mind from time to time, that hardly qualifies as meditation. And it certainly is not “all the day”. That reminds me again of what Bishop Ryle said about the zealous man, that he sees one thing, he cares for one thing, he lives for one thing, he is swallowed-up in one thing—and that one thing is to please God. The attraction I find in that quote is its simplicity. Instead of having thousands of thoughts racing through my mind each day, instead of charging down rabbit trails in pursuit of distractions, instead of seeking escape from threats both real and imagined, instead of getting so caught up in the to do list that God and his word are far from my mind, I woul