Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Life is a lot about choosing. I get this from reading the scriptures, and of course from life itself. In the scriptures we find choices by people who did well, like Abraham, Moses (eventually), Jesus of course, and others. These choices serve as an example to us. Others, not so much, like Saul king of Israel, Lot (and his wife), Judas and others. Their choices also teach us something. But what?

In Psalm 119 – don’t worry, I will not cover it line by line – there are numerous messages. One that stood out to me this morning when I read it was this idea of choices. The Psalmist is calling out to God, telling Him that he is clinging to those things which God has spoken, His words. He tells God that he is glad for the affliction that he has suffered because it caused him to learn the statutes (ways and things of God) which he has learned is better than gold. So why are the these words of God valuable. There are two reasons. The first is they teach him the way to life, both now and forever (in verse 85, for example, the proud are oppressing the Psalmist which is not allowed by the law). The second is the One that spoke them – God. If God promises something, it never goes astray but always…ALWAYS comes to pass.

Prayer
Father, Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. I am so blessed to have You watching over me, ready to make a way where there is no way. Thank You for the life You have given to me. Please now deliver deliver me from those that are proud and do not keep Your word, that I may declare Your word and Your testimonies before kings and rulers, and that the poor, the afflicted, and the fatherless might be delivered from the wicked one. May Your name be praised forever more! In Jesus name. Amen.