But How Can I Live Well?

All afternoon, I think about Psalm 119:9-16 as an answer to the question, “How can I live a godly life? How can I keep my way pure?” I especially think about this for all the incoming freshmen students who want to live in a way that pleases God.

The psalmist writes:

How can a young man keep his way pure?

    By guarding it according to your word.

With my whole heart I seek you;

    let me not wander from your commandments!

I have stored up your word in my heart,

    that I might not sin against you.

 Blessed are you, O Lord;

    teach me your statutes!

 With my lips I declare

    all the rules of your mouth.

In the way of your testimonies I delight

    as much as in all riches.

 I will meditate on your precepts

    and fix my eyes on your ways.

 I will delight in your statutes;

    I will not forget your word.

I consider what it means to seek God with my whole heart so I do not wander. I think about storing up His word more and more. I think about how to fix my eyes on God and how to delight in Him. I will guard my life according to God’s word.