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Wise and Safe — Part 2
“Thy Word have I hid in my heart that
I might not sin against Thee” (Psalm 119:11)
2. Where have I hid it? — “IN MY HEART.” It was not in his head or in his intellect: but in his heart — the seat of his affections — the center of his moral being — the source of all the influences that swayed him. This is the right place to hide the Word. It is not hiding it under a bed, or under a bushel, or in the earth. It is not basely hiding it, through a slavish dread of men, lest they should sneer at us, or oppose us. No, my reader, this will not do. We must hide the Word where the Psalmist hid it, even in the heart. May we ponder this — may we understand it — may we imitate it!
3. Why have I hid it? For a very important reason — “THAT I MIGHT NOT SIN AGAINST THEE.” It was not to have a rich fund of new ideas to talk about and show off with. Nor that he might be able to confound in argument all his opposers, and silence them. The Psalmist did not care about any of these things. He had a horror of sin — a holy horror; he knew that the most effectual safeguard against sin was the Word of God, and therefore he hid it in his heart. May we ponder this — may we understand it — may we imitate it!
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