Psalm 40:8

I desire to do your will, my God; your law is within my heart.” ~ Psalm 40:8


This psalm is marked as a “Messianic” psalm, for it relates to a high type of piety and was fulfilled only in Christ. The piety is not beyond you or I, but there is not one of us which can say we have met this requirement in every day of our life. It is most certainly one we can imitate in Christ, which makes it not unreachable. Piety is not so much us conforming to an outward life which makes us look holy as it is a disposition, an inclination to always be reaching toward the divine of God. As we grow as Christ followers this will become more and more of a habit, but for a young disciple, it is likened to a student where they keep learning and growing to be like Christ. Jesus fulfilled the will of God in the most beautiful, yet the most horrific way. Following what God had in mind for Him led to the cross and crucifixion, it led to pain and shed blood, it led to death. But then, praise God, it led to life in the hereafter! Jesus followed God’s will and brought us into His saving grace, leading us into relationship with Jesus Christ as our Lord and Saviour! We are now the children of God because Jesus died, taking our sins and bearing them on the cross! Jesus delighted to do God’s will. How many of us at times fear doing what the Lord God calls us to do. Yet, our fear is unfounded, for it is in our obedience to God’s will that we find our life in the fullest. Following the will of God may lead us away from home, it may lead us into territory where we may not be comfortable, but ultimately, following Christ is how we live our life in service to Him. Our choice then becomes a free choice, and a willing choice, for in following Him we choose what is the noblest and the best.

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