Observe Your Word

Deal bountifully with your servant, so that I may live and observe your word. Open my eyes, so that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. I live as an alien in the land; do not hide your commandments from me. My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinance at all times. You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones, who wander from your commandments; take away from me their scorn and contempt, for I have kept your decrees. Even though princes sit plotting against me, your servant will meditate on your statutes. Your decrees are my delight, they are my counselors.

Psalm 119:17-24

For centuries, many Christians were not permitted to read God’s Word in their own language. Instead, they were encouraged to attend Latin services that few could understand.

The prophet Jeremiah reflected on a passion for the Word. He talked of finding the words, eating them, and then finding joy and being able to rejoice in knowing the word.

Having God’s Word in our own language allows us to experience the joy of mediating on it each day.

The treasures of truth in God’s Word

are best mined with the spade of meditation.

Our Daily Bread – October 13, 2008