To Know Him, to Love Him, and to Live for Him: Psalm 111-Supplication through the Scriptures
To Know Him, To Love Him, and to Live for Him Psalm 111 Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the Lord, and to practice it. Ezra 7:10 This past week in Sunday school we discussed a couple of words that are not very familiar for some: orthodoxy and orthopraxy. While I was reading this morning, I came across another word connected to the first two: orthokardia. All three share the same beginning, all three play an important role in our spiritual lives, and all three are found in Psalm 111. Simply defined, orthodoxy is right doctrine, orthopraxy is right practice, and orthokardia is right-heartedness. All three are needed in the Christian life and are interwoven together. What we know about God (orthodoxy) increases our affection for Him and our right posture before Him (orthokardia). Both what we love and the truth we know shape our daily practical living (orthopraxy). In Psalm 111, the psalmist begins by praising the Lord and giving thanks to Him “with my whole heart” (111:1)....