Psalm 119:34, 36

Psalm 119:34, 36

Like the eye, the heart can wander. Sometimes it seems as if the eye has the heart on a lead! Like pushing a child on a tricycle and constantly needing to reset the direction with the handlebars, so the heart needs steering. We have to set the heart’s direction which is why we find in this psalm the prayer, ‘Incline my heart unto thy testimonies’. But as well as turning the heart towards God’s ‘testimonies’, we also need to turn it away from distractions...