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LOVE GOD’S WORD
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20
Psalm 119:97
Deuteronomy 6:4-16
“…thou shalt love the LORD thy God
with all thine heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thy might.”
LOVE GOD’S WORD
The interrogative expression “How” expresses the greatness of the psalmist’s love for God’s Law. A true believer will have to agree with him, for out of the Law is God’s grace given. Without God’s commandments, which are beyond the ability of man to fulfil, there is no grace given except in the Lord Jesus Christ! “Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith” (Gal 3:24). O, how thankful we must be for God’s Law that shows us how wretched and sinful we are before God, that points us to the way, the truth, and the life!
My meditation: But how should we love God’s Law? The psalmist answers: by meditating upon the Word. In Hebrew, it describes the study of God’s Word. We love the Word when we think about and ponder its meaning, and desire to apply it in our lives. We pray and devote our time to understanding what the LORD wants us to do. We reflect upon how it is teaching, reproving, redirecting, and leading us in our lives. Because we love His Word, it takes priority over other matters of our life. We value the Word more than anything else on this earth. It becomes our sole, supreme authority over our faith and actions.
All the day: Our meditation of the Word is not just a portion of the day, but the whole day and all the days. This Word occupies our hearts and minds more often than the cares of this world. We spend days remembering what He has for us daily in our walk with Him. We do not take a step without His Word prescribing us what to do. We make it part of our daily lives and we do all things in accordance to His instructions.
Dear reader, the whole counsel of God is the complete guide for pilgrims who are bound for heaven. How you must treasure the Word of God, to serve the Lord fully and faithfully. By the Word you are told of the dangerous paths which you are to stay away from, and the blessed way that you must abide in. Oh, how you must love His Word! Are you loving the Word that tells you of the love of God through our Lord Jesus Christ? All who love the Living Word love also the Written Word!
THOUGHT: Do I love the Law by meditating upon it all day?
PRAYER: Father, I thank Thee for Jesus, the Living Word, who is revealed to me through the Written Word, the Bible.