We were trudging uphill on an extremely muddy cow path. The going was very difficult and exhausting.

When we saw a route less gooey and more firm, we thought about our way, we thought about that way, and we turned our feet into the better way.

“I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies” (Psalm 119:59).

Just where am I headed in life? And how am I getting there?

Every now and again, I need to purposefully think about my life, my purpose in life, and the road in which I’m walking.

And then set my feet in the path that’s God’s Word.

That sounds like an eager, well-thought-through response to a wedding vow question . . . .

Will you love her in sickness and health, keeping yourself only for her till death parts you both?

I will!

Does a similar response fit in my commitment to the Lord Jesus?

When I teach you My truth, will you treasure it and obey it for the rest of your life?

I will!

That sounds kind of odd, no?

But that’s the kind of eager, well-thought-through response God wants from me.

“Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end” (Psalm 119:33).

Otherwise, why should He teach me?