Psalm 63:6 When I remember you on my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches. The life of God in the soul of man, the Christian life, is marked, amongst other things, by religion gradually gaining possession of the thoughts. It has been said that if we thought about religion as it deserves, we should never think about anything else. Nor can we, with strictness, deny this. For religious concerns do so outweigh all others in their importance and value. The wonder is not that men think so much but so little of it. The cast and turn of our infirm and fleshly nature lean all on the side of our thinking not enough of spiritual things. I. OUR NATURE IS AFFECTED CHIEFLY BY WHAT WE SEE; the unseen has, therefore, but little power. II. AND WE REGARD THE THINGS OF RELIGION NOT AS NEAR TO US, BUT AS DISTANT. Like children we are affected only by what is present and near. But though this delusion be so general it has no foundation in reason. We do not so act in regard to our worldly affairs. III. THE SPIRITUALITY OF RELIGION ALSO HINDERS OUR THINKING OF IT. All religion which is effectual must be spiritual. But our nature cares not for that which is purely spiritual. Therefore we need to pray for the help of the Spirit of God. (Archdeacon Paley.) Parallel Verses KJV: When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.WEB: when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches. |
    |