You Yourself Have Taught Me

Oh, how I love your law! I meditate on it all day long.

Your commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.

I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your statutes.

I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey your precepts.

I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey your word.

I have not departed from your laws, for you yourself have taught me.

How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

I gain understanding from your precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.

Psalm 119:97-104

Most mornings we perfunctorily work through emails that have come in during the night. Most bear little notice. But on some days, you may not feel like opening emails. Your heart is not in it.

It is said of some people that the more you know them the less you admire them; but the reverse is true of God’s familiarity with the Word of God, or rather the God of the Word, breeds affection, and affection seeks yet greater familiarity.

As you open your Bible, remember that God – the One who loves you the most – has a message for you.

Knowing the Bible helps us know the God of the Bible.

Our Daily Bread – January 9, 2015