The Devotional - 1501 - The WORD of God

The Devotional – 1501 – The WORD of God

Psalm 119:9-16 – How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments! Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You! Blessed are You, O Lord! Teach me Your statutes! With my lips I have declared all the judgments of Your mouth. I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, as much as in all riches. I will meditate on Your precepts, and contemplate Your ways. I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word.

Comments and Challenges:

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1.      How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to Your WORD.

2.      With my whole heart, I have sought you, don’t let me wonder from Your COMMANDMENTS.

3.      I have hidden Your WORD in my heart, that I might not sin against You.

4.      Blest are You YAHWEH, teach me Your STATUTES.

5.      With my lips, I have declared all of the ORDINANCES of Your mouth.

6.      I have rejoiced in the way of Your TESTIMONIES, as much as in all riches.

7.      I will meditate on Your PRECEPTS, and consider Your ways.

8.      I will delight myself in Your STATUTES, I will not forget Your WORD.

The stripping away of SIN in our life is not to be taken lightly, our nature is sinful. Okay most of us agree with this but some believe that there is no such thing as sin. If this is true of you then, my dear friend… YOU are not living according to God’s WORD. Romans 3:23 is a blanket statement of the apostle Paul “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God”. But if you care to know more, the first three chapters of Romans will help.

The psalmist explains that his WHOLE heart is needed in the search of God, then additionally he needs personal help from God to keep him from wondering from God’s Commandments. You and I are no different today; without the help of the Holy Spirit we cannot live in the victory of being justified by faith. Just as Abraham obeyed God, we too must believe and walk in His way. Romans 6:14, however the reading of Romans 4 through 6 will help us see that to continuing in SIN results in a debt, but the victory or gift of God is eternal life in Christ.

(I would like to continue this morning but I have a full plate this morning so I need to stop here) I will pick this up on Thursday, unless the LORD returns before that. Have you looked at the news this morning? The REAL events are not what you may see from our liberal news stations… ABC, NBC, CBS or even CNN, the real news in found in the Old and New Testaments of the HOLY Bible.

Have a blest day in the LORD, if you do not, simply you will not REJOICE in His STATUTES.