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STUDENTS OF GOD’S WORD
LORD’S DAY, FEBRUARY 4
Psalm 119:63-64
Malachi 3:16-18
“…they that feared the LORD
spake often one to another:
and the LORD hearkened…”
STUDENTS OF GOD’S WORD
Children of God are hated by the world, and the tendency is growing these days. Colleagues in the workplace may exclude you from their parties and outings. Your classmates in school plan their gimmicks behind your back. Even your close relatives may avoid choosing you to be the hosts of family gatherings. These instances may cause us to be isolated and left alone. To whom should we go? Who will be our friends? Let us learn from the psalmist those whom we should be in company with.
Them that fear God: As students of God’s Word, they are mindful to choose companions who truly fear God. To fear God is not just having a reverential and worshipful attitude towards Him, but there must also be trembling and fear because of His righteous judgment. They are those who know the Word and keep it with sincerity and integrity. They are the companions of the Bible-believing child of God. Their fear is sown with the grace and mercy they have received from God.
Those that keep God’s precepts: Having the fear of God, they observe the Word of God. They keep it so that the world will not take it from them. They guard the Word so that it will always be available to them. Once there is disobedience and unbelief, the Word of God is no more a precept to many, and slowly, they keep it no more. Those who keep God’s Word are worthy to be called companions of the students of God’s Word.
How hard it is to live in a hostile world. Yet the Lord is pleased to preserve a remnant who will continue to serve Him and glorify Him. We have to be sure that we are standing with those who truly have their doctrines squarely fitted to the Bible’s teaching. These must include the people who hunger and thirst for God’s Word. They are willing students of the Word and desire to manifest in their lives a testimony of God’s unfailing love, both for the psalmist and all those who are His.
Dear reader, always keep yourself on the side of the Lord.
THOUGHT: Do I belong to a companion of Bible believers?
PRAYER: Father, give me discernment to know Thy people that I may identify with them.