A Daily Devotional – Psalm 119:145--152 – Personal Meditation
Comment: Living ‘in Christ’ for most
believers today we might not totally understand just what it means to live, or
as it were; to be “Alive in Christ” Someone may ask, “are you saved?” and your
answer is; “yes I am!” There are two types of people who will ask you that
question: One, the unsaved friend or relative, or Two, the saved friend or
relative. Let me just say this that if you find that the unsaved never asks you
that question and the saved one does ask. Could this be a warning you that you
are not living “in Christ” but rather “living in the world?” I know we all
struggle with issues of the flesh, we have good days and bad like everyone
else. Also, we all know the ‘drill’ of being in and out of fellowship with the
LORD, but do we KNOW how to ‘abide’ in Christ, moment by moment and day by day?
Let us see what the psalmist says about this subject.
Devotional: Psalm
119:145-152
“I
cry out with my whole heart; hear me O LORD! I will keep your STATUTES”
I have not seen any reference to the statutes of the LORD that do not speak
clearly of those who abide in the LORD’s statutes abide in His Joy. There is no
other walk for the child of God than that of ‘abiding’ in Christ. Read John
15:1-17. The Love of God is not functional in us when we have one step of living
in the world and one step, living in Christ. Joy and love are cannot be made
complete if we do not involve ourselves daily in the STATUTES of the LORD.
Daily we ought to “cry
out to You; save me and I will keep your TESTIMONIES” the psalmist in not
literally crying out for ‘salvation justification’, but he is pleading with God
to keep his focus on TRUTH. All day long we are bombarded with worldly (evil)
chatter, thus he is asking God to keep him abiding in Truth; Jesus is the Way,
the Truth and the Life; the world is a troubling place to be and our heart
(soul) suffers; see John 14:1-6.
The psalmist goes on to say that he rises up before the
dawning of the morning; “I rise before
the dawning of the morning, and cry for help; I hope in Your word. Do we?
Do we before the morning light hits the horizon begin our day looking at the WORD.
Yes, often we do just that, but do we recognize who the Word is? In the
beginning was the Word and the Word was with God. Jesus is the Word, abide in the
Word, John 1:1; don’t just handle the Book; handle the Word; see 1 John 1 as if
the Word of Life is with you, in you and upon you.
Throughout the night, the psalmist’s mind is occupied
with or meditating on the Word, are you like him, abiding in Christ throughout
the day and night? Christ is the power of God, and being sanctified in His
power is possible upon all who believe. Salvation/Sanctification is allowing
the LORD to be LORD of your day and night and all of this is possible by the
one who willingly walks by faith. Take hold this morning with Hebrews
11:1-40. These men and women are the real people of faith and the question is, “are
we in that line up too?” We will finish this section of Psalm 119 tomorrow, if
the LORD wills.
