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PRIDE AGAINST GOD’S WORD
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7
Psalm 119:69-70
Psalm 35:11-16
“False witnesses did rise up;
they laid to my charge things
that I knew not.”
PRIDE AGAINST GOD’S WORD
The proud or presumptuous are mentioned six times in Psalm 119. In Psalm 119:69, they are against the psalmist. God permits them to unleash their devilish acts for the good of God’s people. They do not deserve any form of gratitude although their acts are used by God to strengthen His children. The Lord shall also punish them accordingly as their evil deeds are done against His people.
They have forged a lie: They trump up some false claims and accusations against the psalmist. They make up and manufacture lies and deceits to discredit the believer. Every believer must realise this fact or else he will always be caught unawares by their grievous words.
Their heart is as fat as grease: The word “fat” means stupid and the word “grease” means the richest part. This describes our hearts that are “stupidly rich.” This, of course, unveils the hearts of the proud people. Their hearts are gross like fat. They are therefore untameable and hard to control. They pursue their evil ways of forging lies and they cannot be slowed down. They are determined to go their devious ways against the psalmist.
But what does the psalmist do? Will he fight them with falsehoods or stop them with violent moves? No, the believer will rather watch over God’s Word that it be not falsified by the proud. With all sincerity, he protects God’s Word from any intruder who defiles it. His motivation is his delight in God’s Word. He receives so much encouragement from the Word. He is pleased with it. In fact, without it, he cannot have believed in the coming Messiah. His knowledge of the Word bestows on him the guarantee of eternal life with God in His kingdom in heaven.
Dear reader, let the Word be the joy of your life, and look only at the heavenly treasure as promised in His Word.
THOUGHT: Do I delight in the Word of God?
PRAYER: Father, grant me the joy of keeping Thy Word.