“The Two Ways”

Psalm 119:29-30  Remove from me the way of lying, and grant me Your law graciously.  I have chosen the way of truth; Your judgments I have laid before me.

There are only two ways that determine the character and decide the destiny of mankind.  The way of lying and the way of truth.

            The false way is most natural to man, and thus the Psalmist urgently requests that the Lord remove that as a choice.  No evil habit is so strong as the habit of untruthfulness.  It is the one habit more than another that grows upon the young.

            What stands out to me is that the Psalmist really depends on God for everything.  Not only is God asked to remove the way of lying, but also God must then provide the way of guidance into the truth.  For Christians there is the written law and the living law of the life of Christ in addition and guided by this threefold law the wayfaring man though a fool shall not follow.

            Our responsibility is also seen in the last line, as continuing in the way of truth is conditional on the use of the divinely appointed means.  Only by a diligent, careful, and accurate study of the judgments of God can our feet be kept in the way of truth.