“Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD!” (Psalm 119:1)
To walk in the Law of the Lord means that God’s Word directs your steps and informs all your decisions. It means your practice is to deal with every situation in life according to the Word of God. The person who walks according to the Law of the Lord continually asks this question, “What does the Word of God say about this situation?” Not one believer does this consistently because of remaining, indwelling sin, and that’s why we have days of sorrow, struggle, disappointment, and discouragement. But we know, as our text teaches, that if we are going to be joyful it’s only going to happen as we walk in obedience to God’s Word. Think of the times you disobeyed and how you grieved in your soul. Think how the Spirit of God convicted you of your sin and drove you to repentance. This is God’s love and goodness towards the sheep of His pasture, the people of His hand. “For whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives” (Hebrews 12:6).
Our desire as believers is to live consistently according to God’s Word, but our walk is not yet perfected; the point is, if you call yourself a Christian then you must have the desire to walk consistently according to God’s Word, and if you do it will be manifest in your life. If you would be one who is undefiled in the way, you must be one who keeps God’s testimonies. And if you keep or obey His testimonies then it will be demonstrated by your lifestyle. You will be a forgiving person who strives to put off grudges; you will avoid adultery by living faithfully with your spouse; you will labor with your own hands to avoid being a thief; you will speak the truth in order to avoid being a liar, and you will strive to conform all your thoughts and words to the Word of God so that God would be glorified in and through your life. Does this describe you? Pray that God fills you more and more with His Spirit and Word so that you might walk in His ways and thereby live as a thankful, joyful, obedient believer, one who is redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ. 1 John 2:6: “He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked.”