This blessing has fallen to me, that I have kept your precepts. ~ Psalm 119:56 ESV
When I first read this verse I thought, “O Lord bless me like this!” Given my bent toward selfishness and pride, it is surely a blessing from God when my heart finds obedience to His law. With the Apostle Paul, I find this principle at work within me: I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. This knowledge of my condition drives me to not only rely on what Christ accomplished on my behalf, a holy life, but also to rely on him to put his holiness into effect within me.