PRONE TO WANDER - All Our Daily Bread Daily Devotionals for 2026

Our Daily Bread - Monday, March 14, 2016
by RBC Ministries

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PRONE TO WANDER

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, and we desperately need to turn back to the Shepherd of our heart who can draw us to Himself. David wrote of this struggle in His great anthem of the Scriptures, Psalm 119, saying, "With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!" (v.10).
Sometimes, even when our hearts long to seek God, the distractions of life can draw us away from Him and His Word. How grateful we can be for a patient, compassionate heavenly Father whose grace is always sufficient - even when we are prone to wander! - Bill Crowder
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here's my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for Thy courts above. - Robinson

Our tendency to wander is matched by God's willingness to pursue.

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