Make me understand the way of your commandments, that I may meditate on your marvelous works. — Psalm 119:27.
This verse offers insight into a common struggle many of us face, especially when trying to connect spiritually.
One way to engage in prayer or meditation is to simply open the Bible to a random verse and allow your thoughts to explore its meaning. Often, this practice can lead to a slowing of your breath and a sense of peaceful calm. Today, this particular verse resonated deeply with my recent emotional state. My usual tranquility has been disrupted by age-old questions about the nature of God. Why do terrible events, like the recent floods in Texas, occur? Why do genuinely good people experience immense suffering?
It seems the psalmist in verse 27 grapples with similar anxieties. He pleads, “make me understand,” so that his meditation can shift towards God’s “marvelous works.” He, like me, appears weary of allowing “Job-type questions”—those difficult, often unanswerable inquiries about suffering and divine justice—to dominate his thoughts. Instead, he yearns to meditate on “wonder,” not on tragedy.
Meditation, in this context, isn’t about finding definitive answers to these often unanswerable questions. Rather, it’s a practice that equips us to handle the unknown. It provides a pathway to inner peace and acceptance, even when faced with life’s inexplicable hardships.
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