The Words Of My Mouth

"May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer."  Psalms 19:14 (NIV)

King David, a man after the heart of God, prayed this prayer out of his sincere desire to please God.  He had asked God for forgiveness of his sins, and he asked God to keep him from committing sin unintentionally and willfully. (Psalms 19:12-13)  Here he is praying for Him to guide his words and his thoughts, that they might pleasing to The Lord.  He knows that his help, his strength, and his salvation all come from The Lord.

We would do well to ask God to forgive our sinful thoughts, words, and deeds, and to ask for His help avoid unintentional and intentional sins.  We need His help because we sin by omission as well as by commission.  David said that The Word of God warns us, and we are rewarded for obeying it. (Psalms 19:9-11)  We will be judged on our thoughts, spoken words, and our actions. (1 Samuel 16:7, Jeremiah 17:10 and 32:19, Matthew 12:36, and Revelation 20:12)  We will also be judged on the things which we should have done but omitted. (Matthew 25:45)  David was a man after the heart of God because he had a sincere desire to please God.  Although he had sinned, he prayed frequently, and he asked God to forgive him, and he asked God to guide his thoughts, words, and deeds.  We would do good to do likewise.  We should pray that not only our actions would be pleasing to The Lord, but that the words of our mouths and the meditation of our hearts would be pleasing to Him.