The Devotional - 1489 - The Pure Light of God's Word

The Devotional – 1489 – The Pure Light of God’s Word

Psalm 119:105-112 – Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments. I am afflicted very much; revive me, O Lord, according to Your word. Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me Your judgments. My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget Your law. The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I have not strayed from Your precepts. Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, to the very end. 

Comments and Challenges:

Most people who have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come (Heb 6:5) understand that it is only God’s Word as a Light that guides them along the way. The psalmist explains that with the Word of God as a revealing light in this world of darkness, we cannot stumble or lose our way. Yet it may be that we as those who have trusted or tasted that the LORD is good, find ourselves stumbling and lost at various times or seasons.

I believe you may know the answer to this even before I can write of it, since if you have read this section of Psalm 119 before; you may have noticed these words, “I am afflicted very much; revive me, O LORD, according to Your Word”. Knowing that affliction is always in our pathway and knowing that we have this understanding, even more understanding than some of our teachers we can become somewhat “puffed up” (proud) in this frame of mind. It is in these moments we fail the Light, it does not fail us.

We become “churchy” and lay aside being “saintly” the self-affliction or fleshly attitude of living out of the “gut” or “gutting it out” as one pastor/friend used to say is SIN and in this there is darkness and stumbling even though we might have the Word of God in hand daily. You say; well that is not possible, but may I remind you that the Corinthian Church was reprimanded by the apostle Paul for several sins that were ongoing in the church family. Some have counted the number of sins within the Corinthian church to be more than sixty-four.

Whether we are a company of one or a congregation of many, God is not interested in our outward appearance, He is only interested in His Son’s appearance in us and if we fail to put on the LORD Jesus; Romans 13:14 we are then in need of a revival like that of the psalmist who expresses to God these words; “I am afflicted very much; revive me, O LORD, according to Your Word. 

Also I might add this: some liberal folks are of the opinion that the words of the Holy Bible were written over thousands of years and while the words were of importance at that time in history that the Bible is not relevant today, these people include the New Testament writings too since these are two thousand years old. To these liberal religions the Bible is not good news but old news. The Bible then becomes a “platform” only to build systems of works that lead straight to “hell”. If you have strayed into this camp of foolishness then I say shame on you for your liberal take on the Kingdom of God.

The psalmist says in the final section of the “nun” file that a right relationship with God is being taught daily by God and that our lives are continually in His Hands. Religion is wickedness that lays traps for those who are foolish. Like the psalmist; do not stray from the precepts and testimonies of God; these are our inheritance, a heritage forever. While we have only a taste of the good things to come we need only to remember that the taste will one day be full and this should rejoice our “soul” continually. We so need to bend our soul in the direction of the Kingdom of God and we need to stop bending our ear to the foolishness of religion and of the world.