Your Word Gives Light…

Psalm 119:130 (NIV)

The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

For our Verse of the Day, we continue in Psalm 119; and again, I will put our verse in its surrounding section for context:

פ Pe

¹²⁹ Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them.
¹³⁰ The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.
¹³¹ I open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands.
¹³² Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.
¹³³ Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me.
¹³⁴ Redeem me from human oppression, that I may obey your precepts.
¹³⁵ Make your face shine on your servant and teach me your decrees.
¹³⁶ Streams of tears flow from my eyes, for your law is not obeyed.

צ Tsadhe

¹³⁷ You are righteous, Lord, and your laws are right.
¹³⁸ The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy.
¹³⁹ My zeal wears me out, for my enemies ignore your words.
¹⁴⁰ Your promises have been thoroughly tested, and your servant loves them.
¹⁴¹ Though I am lowly and despised, I do not forget your precepts.
¹⁴² Your righteousness is everlasting and your law is true.
¹⁴³ Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands give me delight.
¹⁴⁴ Your statutes are always righteous; give me understanding that I may live.

As I meditate on these words and the light they bring, I cannot help but imagine the inner feelings of those who penned these Spirit inspired thoughts. I can just sense the intensity of zeal for the Word of God already available to them … for all of its instruction and wisdom in righteousness and order and goodness. Psalm 119 conveys a deep realization that God wants His people to know the truth and that He desires those who love Him to live according to it. And so there is a great hunger and thirst for the Word of God within us. It beckons us to learn and to apply and to be transformed!

Romans 12:2 (NIV)

Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.

Hebrews 4:12 (NIV)

For the Word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Father God, we thank you for Your Word … passed down over the millennia! We thank you for instruction in wisdom and the knowledge of righteousness! We praise you for the light you have brought into the world so that we might know you, the only true God. Indeed, we hold fast to your promise of eternal life for those who put their faith in your Son … our Savior … Jesus the Christ. I pray that Your Word will change us … transform us … conform us into His image. I pray that you would direct our footsteps according to your word and let no sin rule over us. May those who love you delight in your commands to do them. Let your grace abound, O Lord, so that we might obey your word. For I ask these things in your Mighty Name. Amen.

So Now You Know…

Have a Blessed Day!

“The days are coming,” declares the Sovereign Lord, “when I will send a famine through the land— not a famine of food or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord. People will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north to east, searching for the word of the Lord, but they will not find it.” ~ Amos 8:11-12