'Our hearts are restless until they find rest in God' Augustine of Hippo

We often find that in the Christian life there is a tension between the law of the law and delight. How can we treasure that which is seemingly burdensome namely the Law? Is it actually burdensome? Why is the Psalmist finding it as his ultimate delight. Not only a delight but the only one exclusive way of keeping way pure or if you like 'not sinning'? 

John Piper in his article on this text says, "There are two ways to state the ultimate goal of life, one positively and one negatively. Positively we could say: the ultimate goal of life is to glorify God by enjoying him forever. Or negatively, we could say: the ultimate goal of life is not to sin. They both mean the same thing because sinning is falling short of glorifying God by embracing other things as more enjoyable.

So if we could learn how to glorify God by enjoying him, we would know how not to sin. And if we could learn how not to sin, we would know how to glorify God by enjoying him.

Psalm 119:11 tells us one of the keys to not sinning. It says, speaking to God, “Thy word I have treasured in my heart, that I may not sin against thee.” The way not to sin is to treasure the word of God in your heart. Which means that the way to succeed in the ultimate goal of life — to live for the glory of God by enjoying him forever — is to treasure the word of God in your heart."

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