My family is mine. So it is up to me to care for me.

This computer is mine. Again, it is up to me to take care of it.

How about this, then!

“I am thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts” (Psalm 119:94).

I am assured by that.

Since I am His, it is up to Him to care for me.

But what if extent of His care of me depended on the extent to which I seek His precepts?

Oh my!

Then there’s this: My saying that I am His doesn’t make it so.

Do I live like I am His?

Certain events or circumstances change us to such a degree that they become a milestone in our lives.

“Before such and so happened, I was like that.”

This morning I’m struck by the Psalmist mentioning something like that twice:

“Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word” (Psalm 119:67).

Then a bit later he mentions it again:

“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes” (Psalm 119:71).

If I must be afflicted, I want to get the most benefit from it.

As they say, may it make me better, not bitter.

If affliction makes me more a person of the Word, then it should be worth it.

If.