LEARNING DAILY

Psalm 119:123-127, My eyes fail from seeking Your salvation and Your righteous Word. Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy and teach me Your statutes. I am Your servant; give me understanding that I may know Your testimonies [statutes, laws, decrees]. It is time for You to act, O Lord, for they have regarded Your law as void. Therefore, I love Your commandments more than gold, yes, than fine gold!

I am going to make a few more comments today about yesterday’s blog.

“My eyes fail from seeking Your salvation and Your righteous Word.” I might be wrong, but it seems to me that Believers are eagerly waiting God’s deliverance in their hearts. The psalmist longed for the salvation of God; he must have spent time in God’s Word. He did not have the New Testament to read and study; if he did, he may have been longing for the return of Jesus as the conquering King, coming to establish His kingdom on earth. The world he lived in was a difficult time just as the world is evil and difficult today. As a Believer are you diligently living as Jesus wants you to and watching for His return? Do you “love God’s commands more than gold,” as the psalmist proclaims? Is your plea that of the psalmist when he states, “give me understanding that I may know Your testimonies?”

“It is time for You to act, O Lord, for they have regarded Your law as void.” The world Believers live in today is marked by injustice and moral relativism. Moral relativism is the philosophical view that moral ideas of what is right and wrong is a matter of individual ideas. That pretty much describes the world Believers live in today. Those who have decided that biblical truth is no longer absolute have decided they can decide for themselves what is right and wrong, good and evil. In my household, we are discussing which political candidates to vote for; we have decided that President Trump is endorsing all of them according to their advertisements. Who is telling the truth? He cannot be endorsing them all!

To many, the Bible is an outdated book, no longer applying to the world Believers live in. Those who believe that are destined to find out they are wrong! Believers are to stand firm in and on God’s truth serving as a light of truth and righteousness! Stand strong against every wrong idea that tries to get them to deviate from the commands of God’s Word! The words of Psalm 119:121-128 are timeless truths that Believers must hold on to today. They call Believers to live lives grounded in righteousness, justice, and a deep love for God’s Word. Be encouraged and challenged to prioritize God’s commandments above all else. When you do and hold on to God’s Word and seek to live according to His will your life will reflect the wisdom, righteousness, and the goodness you have embraced and held tightly to!