The Devotional - 1498 - What if it were Today?

The Devotional – 1498 – What if it were Today?

Psalm 119:169-176 – Let my cry come before You, O Lord; give me understanding according to Your word. Let my supplication come before You; deliver me according to Your word. My lips shall utter praise, for You teach me Your statutes. My tongue shall speak of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteousness. Let Your hand become my help, for I have chosen Your precepts. I long for Your salvation, O Lord, and Your law is my delight. Let my soul live, and it shall praise You; and let Your judgments help me. I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, For I do not forget Your commandments. 

Comments and Challenges:

What are your plans for the day ahead? Oh, you need not tell me since I will have forgotten those plans of yours by lunch time. Another question; “What is God’s Plan for the day”? Many of us do not wish to know the answer for that question and yet the LORD Jesus reminds us of God’s Plan daily and billions of people around the world know His Plan by heart and here it is: “Our Father in heaven, Holy is Your Name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven” – Matthew 6:9-10. Therefore men and women! We are without an excuse as to the daily Plan and Will of God for heaven and earth.

Psalm 119 is loaded with life’s circumstances and also with the results of trusting God for victory and deliverance. The psalmist does not pull back in explaining his failures OR his victories of living day by day. His struggles of life (like yours and mine) are too numerous to count, just as it would be too numerous to count the blessings of living within the LAW, the TESTIMONIES, the STATUTES, the COMMANDMENT, the FEAR OF THE LORD and the JUDGMENTS of our LORD. 

If you are alive this morning you can count on being challenged in some of the same ways TODAY as the writer of Psalm 119 is. The unique thought that should come to our mind is while we may not know what the circumstance is; God does and His Word in our soul provides the answer to having a proper understanding… Psalm 119:169. Also, keep reading now; in that while we pray and seek His audience in the matter you will according to His Word be DELIEVERED – Psalm 119:170. When we turn to God and His wonderful Living Word, we will not be able to hold back the praise that falls from our lips, remembering his Statutes will always bring JOY to our soul. Psalm 119:171 and Psalm 19:8.

Folks; this is the truth, the only reason I write each morning and the only reason my tongue confesses the LORD Jesus Christ (The Living Word – John 1:1-18) is because His commandments are RIGHTEOUSNESS in ACTION and HIS Hand is my help. Why? Well not because of who I am, but because of His precious PRECEPTS of Love to personally guide me into eternity, therefore His LAW (His Will on earth and in heaven) is my delight – Psalm 119:171-174. This I seek for all of us daily… to KNOW the beauty of the LORD through His WORD.

Yes it is our desire to stay in this body of flesh where our soul, which belongs to God is presently lodged. Thus we must be willing to abide in His JUDGMENTS because these are God’s RIGHTEOUSNESSES for us (Psalm 19:9). When abiding in these we develop a right relationship to the FEAR of the LORD. Yes, it is a truth that we often go astray, (Luke 15:1-7) but there is rejoicing in heaven which we participate in when God, in His Love; seeks us out because we do not forget His Commandments. Do not forget His Commandments as these are pathway to where you are and the one that God will take to find you.

I have determined to go back though Psalm 119, so starting Wednesday, July 30^th I will begin again with verses 1 through 8. In the meantime; keep looking up! My wife, whom I love came rushing to me last night and said these “thought provoking words”. “Since there is no such thing as tomorrow, for tomorrow never comes; then Jesus is ALWAYS coming TODAY”. If this is true and it is; then we need TO ALWAYS be looking skyward for JESUS is coming TODAY. Tomorrow is the never, never land of fictional characters like Peter Pan or “child’s play”. We are not playing church or entertaining anyone, we are simply and truly looking for the return of our KING, His Name is JESUS; Revelation 1:8.