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Psalm 119:129-136
As we have looked at Psalm 119 verse by verse, we have seen the trials of this Psalmist’s life work in him.
Trials have a tendency to either make you better or make you bitter.
In this Psalmist case, it is making him better.
This is the seventeenth section of Psalm, denoted by the Hebrew letter Pe.
Every line in this section in the Hebrew begins with this letter.
As the Psalmist goes through the trial of his life, he does the right thing and turns to God’s Word, learns from it and loves it.
In this passage we see three areas that the Psalmist realizes are good as he grows closer to God through His Word.
The first area is:
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The Goodness of His Word
129 PE.
Thy testimonies are wonderful: Therefore doth my soul keep them.
130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.
131 I opened my mouth, and panted: For I longed for thy commandments.
The Psalmist has the same reaction as we often have after we spend consistent time in God’s Word.
We begin to see the benefits, and are overwhelmed by the goodness of His Word.
He notes that ...
A. It is Wonderful
129 PE.
Thy testimonies are wonderful: Therefore doth my soul keep them.
Is there anything more wonderful that the truth that God loves us so much that He gave us His Words, His instructions, His guidelines for us to live this life how we should?
Soren Kierkegaard - Danish Theologian said, “The Bible is a letter from God with our personal address on it.”
The Psalmist realizes how wonderful the Word of God is and determines to keep them.
I want to encourage you to keep up with your Bible reading!
I know it’s hard, and we all will fail sometimes, but just pick back up and go again.
Just start from now!
You too will see how wonderful God’s Word is!
As A W Tozer put it "Whatever keeps me from my Bible is my enemy, however harmless it may appear to me."
The Bible is wonderful, someone once said,
“To the weary pilgrim, The Bible is a good strong staff.
To the one who sits in gloom, The Bible is a glorious light.
To those who stoop beneath heavy burden, The Bible is sweet rest.
To him who has lost his way, The Bible is a safe guide.
To those who have been hurt by sin, The Bible is healing balm.
To the discouraged, it whispers glad messages of hope.
To those who are distressed by the storms of life, The Bible is an anchor.
To those who suffer in lonely solitude, The Bible is a cool, soft hand resting on a fevered brow … to best defend it, just use it!
If you have not yet discovered [and become lost in wonder, love and praise for] the Bible, it’s time you did.”
B. It Gives Wisdom
130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.
The Bible is often described as giving light…and so it does.
As we read the Holy Spirit illuminates His Word to our lives.
It is a personal book, because we serve a personal God.
As we read, we receive what God wants us to hear fro the time of life we are in now.
The very Words of God is the source of Wisdom!
We need to trust it with all of our hearts!
Trust it more than your own eyes,
prior to our eyes seeing the earth float on nothing God’s Word said, Job 26:7
Before the invention of the electron microscope we could not see things on the atomic level, but God’s Word declared Heb 11:3
Years ago people were bled, and many died as a result, but God’s Word told us Lev 17:11
And there are many more discoveries written in God’s Word.
If we just trust God’s Word more than our eyes, more than our hearts
Trust God’s Word!
We need to trust God’s Word more than your own feelings
A pastor told the story of his Division Officer in the Navy who was also a Naval aviator.
On his way home from a mission over Afghanistan he got vertigo (a dizzy confused state of mind caused by the inner ear).
His senses were confused.
The biggest was his sense of flight.
Which can be deadly when landing on an aircraft carrier deck in the middle of the Persian Gulf.
He though his plane was flying up right but when he looked at the instruments he was flying upside down.
Everything he did was backward according to the instruments but in his mind they were correct.
He could follow what he though was right or he could depend on the instruments.
According to him over riding what he felt was right was the hardest thing to do.
The struggle that took place in his mind was over whamming to him.
You can figure out what he depended on: his aircraft instruments because he lived to tell the story.
The Bible is our instrument panel - it will tell us where we are.
We can obey our ideas, or feelings, or we can obey what is absolute and true!
C. It is Awe Inspiring
131 I opened my mouth, and panted: For I longed for thy commandments.
This word panted can also be translated gasp.
The Word of God is so wonderful that he panted, or gasped at it.
It made his longing for God’s Word grow.
The more we read, the more we want to read.
Someone once said:
This Book contains the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners and the happiness of believers.
Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable.
Read it to be wise, believe it to be safe, and practice it to be holy.
It contains light to direct you, food to support you, and comfort to cheer you.
It is the traveler’s map, the pilgrim’s staff, the pilot’s compass, the soldier’s sword, and the Christian’s character.
Here paradise is restored, Heaven opened, and the gates of hell disclosed.
Christ is its grand object; our good is its design, and the glory of God its end.
It should fill the memory, rule the heart, and guide the feet.
Read it slowly, frequently, and prayerfully.
It is given you in life and will be opened in the judgment and will be remembered forever.
It involves the highest responsibility, will reward the greatest labor, and will condemn all who trifle with its sacred contents.\
Oh the Goodness of His Word.
Read it, study it, consume it, meditate on it, memorize it!
You will not be sorry - it will never be wasted time.
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The Goodness of His Ways
132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
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