The Psalmist challenges us to examine our lives. Is the Lord really my portion? Is He all I need? If I lost everything, would God’s love and His word be enough?

But when our hearts begin to look like Jesus’, we begin to see the need to confess. Hopefully, we’ll see our mistakes earlier than the Psalmist who had to deal with affliction as a result of his going astray. But even when we don’t, Psalm 119 gives us hope.

When I hide His word in my heart and seek Him with all my being, He pours out His Spirit, and I begin to understand what Jesus meant when He said life abundant.