Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You! (Psalm 119:11 NKJV)
The prayer: "Teach me Thy statutes" occurs eight times in this wonderful Psalm. It may be said to be its keynote. God's statutes are the path of purity. If a young man will take heed to them, his way will be cleansed. The passage of the Word of God through the heart, like the running of clean water through a pipe, will purify it. Constant study of the Bible is the condition of soul health.
Consecration
is closely associated with Bible study (Psalm 119:10). Holiness is wholeness,
that is, the whole hearted devotion of a whole nature to God, the consecration
of every power to His service. This leads us to lean hard on God, and to seek
His companionship and fellowship. Psalm 119:11 tells us of a good thing laid up
in a good place, and the result. In the midst of a London season, and amid the
stir and turmoil of a political crisis, William Wilberforce wrote in his diary:
"Walked from Hyde Park Comer, repeating the 119th Psalm in great
comfort"; John Ruskin said: "It is strange that of all the pieces of
the Bible which my mother taught me, that which cost me most to learn, and
which to my child's mind was most repulsive, the 119th Psalm, has now become,
of all, the most precious to me in its glorious passion for the law of
God."
The study
of the Bible enables us to bear witness for God (Psalm 119:13). An inspector on
a railway once said that he had a vision of God while studying his Bible and
kneeling in prayer. From this he went to his duties on the station platform. At
one end of the train, a man offered him some whisky, but he was able to answer,
"I have had a better drink than that," and pointed him to the Water
of Life (John 14:4; Revelation 22:17). At the other end of the train, another
man asked him for a Testament, the slang phrase for a pack of cards, and my
friend was able to pass on to him a pocket Testament! It is when the Word of
God fills the heart that it overflows through the lips and actions, and it is
what flows over from us that really helps and blesses our fellow men. "'Out of him shall flow rivers of
living water." Let’s live in fellowship with God through His Word.
This will light up our life with gladness, amid many sorrows. Wait not for
Heaven, but here and now, day by day, be joyful in heart and life (Psalm
119:14-16).
PRAYER
Open my
eyes, heavenly Father, so that I may behold wondrous things out of Your Word. In Jesus’ name I pray, AMEN.
God's
Daily Promise
Promise #302:
I have called you to My eternal glory in Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 5:10 (WEB)
But may the God of all
grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus,
after you have suffered a
little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
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