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KEEPING GOD’S WORD
FRIDAY, JANUARY 19
Psalm 119:33-34
James 2:8-13
“…ye fulfill the royal law
according to the scripture…”
KEEPING GOD’S WORD
The Word of God is not just for a man to know, but above all else to keep.
With the obeying, there is believing. By faith we obey. Satan can quote scriptures, but it never changed him. He never repented. It is the Holy Spirit that does the conviction. Read John 16:7-11.
Unto the end: The psalmist appeals to the LORD to “teach” him. The Greek word for “teach” means to flow as water, or to shoot as an arrow. This teaching, therefore, is not just about the taking in of facts. He desires the Lord to pour upon him His words. He asks to be directed in the way of His statutes. He describes this in a way whereby he is likened to an arrow, shot with a precise target towards the Word of God. When he hits the bullseye, he surely would remain there until the end. He will be found always in the centre of God’s Word.
With my whole heart: The psalmist’s next appeal is for understanding. His longing is not just to be filled with the Word but to have discernment. This kind of discernment is deep because he seeks the ability to distinguish. This is the ability to divide the truth from the false. He must not allow impurities from the world to seep in at the same time. Thus he keeps the law. The keeping is to protect or to guard, just as a watchman keeps the city safe from the enemies. On top of that, he will observe it. The observing has to do with guarding plus attending to it. The basic idea is of a man who makes an hedge of thorns around his vineyard so that foxes cannot come in to spoil the fruits. This observing is a wholehearted act of taking heed unto God’s Word.
Dear reader, do not be deceived by the secular world into thinking that more knowledge is better than obedience. The opposite is true!
THOUGHT: Do I study God’s Word that I may attend unto it to obedience?
PRAYER: Father, forgive me for the times I read Thy Word routinely, out of habit. May I know Thy Word that I may keep and obey it.