I have gone astray like a lost sheep;"I do not forget Your commandments." Worth a pat on the back for me? "Oh yeah, man, I am such a good Christian and do such a fabulous job of obeying God's commands."
seek Your servant,
for I do not forget Your commandments.
Then why, pray tell, do we need to be sought after?
How can someone go astray, be in need of rescue, and still say, "I do not forget Your commandments"?
We're always so quick to make it all be about me ME me and my obedience. But that just doesn't jive here. If I am lost, I can't very well makes claims on God because of my obedience to His commands.
"I do not forget Your commandments" maybe, just maybe, means more about His promise to be faithful to us even when we're off gallivanting in selfishness. Maybe "I do not forget Your commandments" is a bold prayer that He will hunt me up when in sinful blindness I am erring hour by hour.
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