Psalm 119:25-32

Psalm 119:25-32
English Standard Version (ESV)

  Ever hear of the imposter syndrome?  It's where we feel like we're a fraud and completely unqualified, and we're just waiting for everyone else to discover how unqualified we are, at which point we'll be tossed from the room.  It's the same feeling that restrains us from asking questions in lecture halls, because we don't want to expose ourselves as knowing something that it seems like everyone else knows.
  In faith, as in the rest of life, we often beat ourselves up for not knowing the answers, for getting things wrong.  But here, the Psalmist asks God to graciously teach us the law.  This is how God approaches us -- in grace and truth, calling us forward into new life, not browbeating us for falling short.  When we confess our ways to God, God teaches us the statutes.  We can melt in sorrow, but God teaches to strengthen us.  Let us choose to cling to God, not to our shame, that we may meditate on God's works and rejoice in God's wisdom!