Reciting Psalm 25:4-5

I forgot my 2020 memory passages.  I have it saved in a folder with my daily reading plans to remind me to say it periodically so that it really digs into my heart.  Well, apparently, I’ve been diving right into my morning reading for too many days (or weeks) without reciting Psalm 25:4-5.  

That’s kind of embarrassing but a good reminder.  If His Word and the lessons it teaches are gonna stick, we have to be in them regularly, preferably every day.  In Deuteronomy 8:3, Moses says this to the Israelites:  He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then he gave you manna to eat, which you and your ancestors had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

Jesus quoted Moses in Matthew 4:4, when He was tempted by Satan. Jesus said it this way:  He answered, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

We eat every day.  And most of us are pretty adamant about making time for that.  Let’s have the same conviction when it comes to reading and memorizing His Word.

By the way, Psalm 25:4&5 in the ESV says:  

Make me to know Your ways, Oh Lord,

Teach me Your paths.

Lead me in Your truth and teach me.

For You are the God of my salvation,

For You I wait all the day long.

Bet I’ll never forget that again!  Are you working on memorizing a particular passage?  Let me know what it is at Lifting Her Voice, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.