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I. RIGHT THINKING — "I thought on my ways."

1. That this thought upon his ways caused him dissatisfaction is evident; or otherwise he would not have turned.

2. This right thinking upon our ways will suggest a practical change. My soul, sin even now hath not profited thee while it is in the bud, what will it be when it ripens, and its scattered seeds fly over the whole of my being, and turn that which should be a fruitful field into a tangled mass of weeds? Surely it is time for a change.

3. The retrospect we take of our life should suggest that any turn we make should be Godward — "I turned my steps unto Thy testimonies." It is no use turning if you do not turn to something better.

II. RIGHT TURNING which grows out of right thinking. "I turned my feet unto Thy testimonies."

1. Here observe how complete this turn was. A man may turn his head, and turn but little; he may turn his hand — there is not much movement of the whole body in that; but when he turns his feet, he turns himself completely. The turn we sinners all need is a whole turn. The nature must be changed.

2. The turning of the text is also a practical one. "I turned my feet:" I did not merely say, "I turned my eyes," bug I showed the reality of the change of heart by change of life.

3. It must be, moreover, a Scriptural turn, too. "I turned my feet unto Thy testimonies." There is a spurious conversion which is not true conversion to God. A man may have another heart and yet he may not have a new heart. We read of King Saul that he had another heart, but he remained unsaved. A man may change his idols; he may change his sins, but may not be changed in heart.

4. The turning was immediate. The actual point of the conversion is instantaneous. I am walking through a wood, and I am going wrong; well, I pause and look about, but whenever I actually turn there is a critical moment when I turn, is there not? It may be that I take some time to consider and look about me; but when I do actually go back there is a particular moment when I turn and take the first step. I desire that this present moment may be the instant of conversion to each one of you who are dead in sin. You have been thinking of your ways, now may you turn your feet to His testimonies. This must be the work of grace. The omnipotent power of God must turn you to Himself.

( C. H. Spurgeon.)

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KJV: I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

WEB: I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.