Psalm 119:1-56 Love the Word of God.

 

Psalm 119:1-56 – Love the Word of God

 

Most of these verses are either prayers for God’s help or affirmations of the writer’s faith in God’s truth despite his difficulties. Meditating on this Psalm ought to make you love and treasure the Word of God more and obey it more willingly.

Knowing and obeying God’s Word will bring blessings to your life. But if God is to bless you, you must sincerely seek the Lord and not just study the Bible. It is not facts in the head but truth in the heart that makes you grow in the Lord.

1.    God’s Word can keep you clean. You must heed God’s Word and hide God’s Word in your heart. You must also rejoice in God’s Word, delight in it, and meditate on it. Meditation is to your inner person what digestion is to your body.

2.    God’s Word will guide you in your life. You are a stranger on the earth and you need a “road map” to help you know the way. That road map is the Bible. Ask God to open your eyes to the Word and keep your eyes on the way. Let your Bible be your trusted counselor.

3.    God’s Word brings you the blessing of life because it has life, imparts life, and nourishes life. (1 Pet. 2:1-3). God’s Word can revive and strengthen you, even when you are in the dust. Nine times the writer prayed for new life from the Lord. No need to stay in the dust when there is life for you in the Word of God.

4.    God’s Word gives you real values. How tragic that so many people waste time, energy, and money on things that amount to little or nothing. (Isa. 55:2). When your heart covets, your eyes will see, and then you will make wrong decisions. That is what happened to Lot. (Gen. 13).

5.    God’s Word gives you freedom if you love and obey His word. His Word is truth, and the truth sets you free (John 8:32). Disobedience may seem like freedom, but it is really bondage (2 Pet. 2:19). When you obey God’s Word, you enjoy freedom because His Word is “the law of liberty” Law and liberty are not the enemies; they are coworkers in your life in building character and bringing joy.

6.    God’s Word brings comfort to your life if you will let it. When the days are difficult and the nights are long, remember God’s promises and God’s name, and He will comfort you.

 

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.