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GOD’S WORD OF TRUTH
THURSDAY, JANUARY 18
Psalm 119:30-32
Deuteronomy 11:18-25
“Therefore shall ye lay up
these my words in your heart
and in your soul…”
GOD’S WORD OF TRUTH
Today’s culture of no absolutes erases the idea of truth. Everyone is entitled to his own opinion of what truth is. This idea of no truth has pervaded even Christian churches. The Bible is seen only as a guidebook, no longer the Word of God.
I laid before me: The psalmist has chosen the way of truth. He is convinced that the Word of God is perfectly true. So he says that God’s judgments are laid before him. To lay it is not just to display but to avail of it. He considers it suitable for him and benefits from it. He is not tossed to and fro as to where truth is, but is sure God’s judgment is for him and is the way of truth.
I stuck unto it: Because of its suitableness, the psalmist sticks to it. With his obedience to God’s Word, he seeks the Lord’s favour not to put him to shame. He has this trust in the Word to lead him away from disappointments. He trusts the Word will not cause him to be confounded.
I will run the way: This truth is the way he will tread. The way of God’s commandments is his speedy trail to follow. No other path is possible, no other way is feasible. He is sure God’s Word leads him to “the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). This he does for God enlarges his heart. The idea of making his heart wide and broad is not that he becomes proud and boastful, but that he gets more understanding of God’s dealing with his life. With the words of truth, he is made strong to run God’s way.
Dear reader, do not be fooled by the foolish who say there is no God and therefore there is no truth. You who are renewed in heart and mind know that there is truth. As Jesus prays, “Sanctify them through thy truth, thy word is truth” (John 17:17). You must believe in what God says.
THOUGHT: Do I believe that God’s Word is truth?
PRAYER: O Father, Thou art the only living and true God. There is nothing apart from Thee. Let me trust in Thy Truth.