There are books, movies and seminars
beyond counting that try to tell us how to live a good life. One saint asked this question in the
Bible as recorded in Psalm 119:9 asking:
How
can a young man cleanse his way?
The answer is immediately supplied:
By
taking heed according to your Word.
This whole answer is expressed in two
simple Hebrew words:
לִשְׁמֹר
כִּדְבָרֶֽךָ
Lee-sh’mor
ki-dvarecha
The
first word combines the word for listen with the prefix lamed which means “to
or toward” in Hebrew to listen is to heed or obey – to disobey is not to
listen.
The
second word is the word for “word” with a prefix that in this case means
“according to” and the suffix “cha” makes it a second person possessive. -that is YOUR word. In this case referring to
God’s word.
These
two Hebrew words are all the advice we need to find the direction for our every
path
Lee-sh’more
ki-dvarecha – Heed God’s word!
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