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Relentlessly Study and Practice Obedience
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This has been my practice: I obey your precepts. (Ps. 119:56)
Expanded Passage: Psalm 119:49-56
Apollo program engineers and planners prepared exacting procedures for every activity and contingency they could imagine. For months before each mission, the astronauts and controllers studied and practiced those procedures relentlessly until they could perform them in their sleep, and when Apollo 11 launched, their exhaustive practice paid off. They were able to do exactly the right thing at exactly the right time, and the mission was a tremendous success.
Psalm 119 is an ode to the Scriptures. When the psalm was written, though, the bulk of our Bible did not yet exist. Thus, the primary focus of the psalmist’s affection was God’s law. Over and over, the psalmist celebrated the wisdom and value of God’s commands, but the psalmist knew that wisdom was of little value if it never left the page. Like the diligence of the astronauts and controllers of the Apollo program, the psalmist relentlessly studied and practiced God’s commands day after day until doing God’s will became so automatic he could do it in his sleep. Certainly, this effort was exhausting. It was often easier to cut corners or call it good enough. Yet, constant practice in the small things was essential to doing God’s will when it really mattered.
Christians will relentlessly study and practice obeying God’s precepts in trivial, daily issues so that they will automatically obey when the stakes are high.
Relentlessly practice obedience to God’s commands.
Jeremy Geerdes is a pastor in Des Moines, Iowa. He is passionate about holiness and his family.
© 2026 Wesleyan Publishing House. Reprinted from Light from the Word. Used by permission. Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®.
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Listen to today’s devo!
This has been my practice: I obey your precepts. (Ps. 119:56)
Expanded Passage: Psalm 119:49-56
Apollo program engineers and planners prepared exacting procedures for every activity and contingency they could imagine. For months before each mission, the astronauts and controllers studied and practiced those procedures relentlessly until they could perform them in their sleep, and when Apollo 11 launched, their exhaustive practice paid off. They were able to do exactly the right thing at exactly the right time, and the mission was a tremendous success.
Psalm 119 is an ode to the Scriptures. When the psalm was written, though, the bulk of our Bible did not yet exist. Thus, the primary focus of the psalmist’s affection was God’s law. Over and over, the psalmist celebrated the wisdom and value of God’s commands, but the psalmist knew that wisdom was of little value if it never left the page. Like the diligence of the astronauts and controllers of the Apollo program, the psalmist relentlessly studied and practiced God’s commands day after day until doing God’s will became so automatic he could do it in his sleep. Certainly, this effort was exhausting. It was often easier to cut corners or call it good enough. Yet, constant practice in the small things was essential to doing God’s will when it really mattered.
Christians will relentlessly study and practice obeying God’s precepts in trivial, daily issues so that they will automatically obey when the stakes are high.
Relentlessly practice obedience to God’s commands.
Jeremy Geerdes is a pastor in Des Moines, Iowa. He is passionate about holiness and his family.
© 2026 Wesleyan Publishing House. Reprinted from Light from the Word. Used by permission. Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®.