Our devotional thought comes from Psalm 119:176.
“I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.”
Isn’t it something that the longest chapter in the Bible ends not with a shout of victory, but with a whisper of need? After 175 verses celebrating God’s Word, the psalmist admits he’s wandered. Not rebelled. Not defied. Just drifted.
Like a sheep.
He doesn’t say he’s thrown away God’s commandments—he says he hasn’t forgotten them. That tells me something: you can love God’s truth and still lose your way. You can cherish His Word and still find yourself off the path.
But here’s the beautiful part—he doesn’t try to fix it himself. He doesn’t say, “I’ll find my way back.” No, he says, “Seek Your servant.” It’s a prayer for pursuit. A cry from the wilderness that trusts the Shepherd to come looking.
I wonder if you’ve ever felt like that—lost, yet still longing? Distant, but not defiant? This verse reminds us that the God who gave us His Word also gives us His grace. He is not waiting for us to be perfect. He is looking for the honest heart that says, “Lord, I’m yours—even when I wander.”
Let this be our prayer today: “Seek me, Lord. I’m still listening. I still believe. I just need You to find me.”
I’m Lonnie Davis and these are thoughts worth thinking.