Pleasing Thoughts & Actions

Psalm 19:14:

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
   be acceptable in your sight,
   O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

I love this prayer from the tail end of Psalm 19. I often forget that what my mind does secretly can be as important as what my hands do openly. Every time I read this psalm, I’m reminded that the Lord is not only interested in what we do but also very interested in what we think and feel.

Not only in our actions, but in all of these things we should seek to please the Lord. And not out of compulsion, but out of gratitude for the salvation we’ve been freely given by our rock and redeemer.