Wednesday, June 20, 2018

Year 8, Day 171: Psalms 19-20


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Psalm 19 has some iconic verses.  It tells us that the law of the Lord is perfect.  It revives the soul. It is to be sought out more than God.  It makes the heart glad.  It makes the wise simple.  It is enlightening.  It is enduring.  It warns us from mistakes.  For all these reasons, it is greatly to be desired.



Yet, do we live that way?  I can’t say that I have, at least not for the vast majority of life. Most of the years of my life have been pursuing my own dreams, my own gold, and my own happiness.  That doesn’t mean that I denied God; I can’t think of a time in my life when I did not believe in a higher being.  But I wasn’t living as though God’s Word was my ultimate guidebook to life.  Even now, when I am much better about making it central, it is still challenging amidst the distractions of the world.



This psalm ends with an iconic verse.  When I was preaching weekly, this prayer was how I began every sermon.  “May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in your sight, Oh Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”  This verse is the culmination of what this blog post has been about thus far.  We should be living in such a way that every thought and every word brings joy to the Lord.  Every breath we take and every action we make should be something that the Lord can use.  That’s the goal.



This is a wonderful way to bring in Psalm 20.  Psalm 20 is about the greatness of the Lord’s salvation.  Why do we live our live with His Word as our ultimate guidebook?  We live this way because He is the fulfiller of plans.  He is the one who saves.  He makes us upright.  This is why we trust in His name.



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