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Devotional
Comment:
How many of us give any thought at all about the word
testimony? I suppose if we were called to jury duty, (speaking of which, I was;
but declined since I am over seventy years of age). In this we would be
interested in testimony but it would not be ours, but those on trial. Looking
into Psalm 119 there are several words that identify the character of God. He,
because He is God does not need to say anything about His character. God is
Holy, therefore His Testimonies are PURE and without blemish. The word ‘testimonies’
is found 21 times in the NKJV of Psalm 119 and the word ‘testimony’ is found
once. God has a pure testimony, in other words “God is not on trial” these
expressions of God’s character are RIGHT, they are EVERLASTING and if we seek
to understand this we will be delivered through all of the storms of living
life. We will not escape the storm, but we will be delivered because the Word
of God says so – see Psalm 66 it is a testimony of God’s Faithfulness to those
who belong to Him.
Devotional:
Psalm 119:17-24; in prayer to God we offer to Him all of our
complaints and issues of life so in this we seek a bountiful result. Results of
answered prayer give us hope and encourages us to live; to live not only
spiritually but physically and mentally too. Answered pray opens our eyes to
see the wonderful things from the law of God. For example; the law of God is
the control He has over Creation. His answer to our prayers is not limited to
our finite ability to understand, but in His infinite power to move mountains.
We are strangers to God’s infinite wisdom and power and when
God answers prayer we say things like, “Awesome, I would never have thought of
it that way!” The commandments of God’s decree are hidden until we see His
decree of Judgment in answers to prayer. Therefore our soul breaks (crushed)
with the longing of our need to see God at work in our personal and national
life. We should not be proud as a saint of God, we should be humble of spirit –
the proud are cursed and today there are many who claim to be saved yet they
are religiously arrogant, we need to be careful in our testimonies and not
stray from God’s testimonies; God’s Word is truth.
Are we persecuted and viewed as the scum of the earth? Yes,
but note that Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever. To those of us
who are ‘redeemed’ we are as precious to Him as He is to us. However, to those
who crucified Him and those who do not know Him, to them; He and those who love
Him are the scum of the earth. Therefore, because we seek to keep His
testimonies we have a future. While the rulers of this world will sit and speak
against us, our mediation will be on God’s statutes, His testimonies will be
our comfort and counselor, because we have seen God’s answer to our prayers.
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