Impulse Control

Psalm 51:6
"Behold, You desire truth in the inward parts,
And in the hidden part You will make me to know wisdom."

The Hebrew words for "inner parts" and "hidden parts" are rare phrases in Scripture and somewhat mysterious. David is not talking about the heart, the seat of emotion and will, but somewhere deeper and more unknown even to one's own self. This is the place where impulses and sinful indiscretions spring and surprise us. Proverbs 18:4 says, "The words of a man's mouth are deep waters...." Proverbs 20:5 says, "Council in the heart of a man are deep waters, but a man of understanding will draw them out." God desires truth, understanding and wisdom in the deep, dark, murky waters of our lives. God wants to control even our mysterious impulses. Paul wrote in Romans 7:15, "for what I am doing I do not understand, for what I will to do, that I do not practice, but what I hate, that I do!" So how can I give God full control of the place in my life that I do not control or fully understand?
Proverbs 1:7 says, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." I must live every moment in full knowledge and expression of the presence of God. He must be my conscious thought and the song on my lips at every moment; to pray without ceasing, to inhale His Holy Spirit and exhale His praise moment by moment.

Father - teach me to breath Your presence, to inhale Your Spirit and exhale your praise. Teach me to know You in my inner most parts. Control my impulses and guide me in Your understanding and wisdom. Amen.