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WITHOUT GOD’S LAW, I HAVE PERISHED
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17
Psalm 119:92
Romans 7:14-25
“For I delight in the law of God
after the inward man…”
WITHOUT GOD’S LAW, I HAVE PERISHED
Misery and trouble are part and parcel of man’s life on earth. God in His great love and mercy towards man has lovingly ordained such to remind us of our sins and the greater misery that will come in hell and eternal fire. Through these distressing experiences, we realise how we have transgressed against God and how we need a Saviour. But, without the God’s Word, misery and trouble will continue. We will never see from these miseries and troubles, the loving hand of God that points us to Jesus. We will instead be hardened and will perish without God’s Word, the Spirit’s instrument to show God’s truth.
The Law a delight: If the psalmist does not have pleasure in God’s Word, he will continue in his afflictions until death. This is the experience of many. Since birth, they face war and famine. Yet, their delight in God’s Word makes them see the reality that only Jesus is their hope. This can be understood only by those who enjoy reading and studying the Bible as the perfect Word of God.
In affliction, have perished: Such troubles and miseries will cause the psalmist to perish. Those who are under such adversities will just be triggered to complain and murmur. Sooner or later they will rebel against the Word of God and the God of the Word. When these people despise and reject God, especially Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, they will surely perish. That destruction is not just temporarily on earth but eternally in the Lake of Fire.
Only the delight in God’s Word will open the eyes of man to know the truth. It is the working of the Spirit of God to open man’s understanding to discern that these afflictions are God’s calling for sinners to come to Him. Rejoice over this goodness of God upon man. Afflictions are very stressful and distressing, but from the perspective of a man whose delight is in the Word of the Lord, these represent God’s care upon him.
Dear reader, when you have pleasure in God’s Word, you will see a clearer picture of reality.
THOUGHT: Do I delight in reading and meditating on God’s Word?
PRAYER: Father, grant me a heart and mind that rejoices in Thy Word.