Category: Psalm 119
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Doing the right thing
Psalm 119:121 “I have done what is just and right. . .” How many decisions do you make each day? It seems that all of life is a series of them. It starts when we rise in the morning, for our first decision is when to get up. But then each action from that point…
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The faithful One
Psalm 119:90 “Your faithfulness continues through all generations . . .” Christianity is not a fad. It’s not some new thing for which everyone jumps on the bandwagon like so many other things in this world. People seem to always be searching for the next new theory of living, or the next new book, new…
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Eternal words
Psalm 119:89 “Forever, O Lord, your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.” Have you ever said something that you wish you could take back? Who hasn’t said things they regret? How often do we go off on incomplete information, saying things before we know both sides of a story, then living to regret what we said? …
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Why this?
Psalm 119:75 “I know, O Lord, . . . that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.” For a believer, every single affliction that touches his or her life must pass through God first. He is our Great Shepherd and he never abandons His sheep. Nothing is greater than Him. And He is a Good Shepherd…
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The mind of Christ
Psalm 119:73 “Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.” It is impossible to put into words the awesomeness of the Word of God. The same mind that conceived the human body gave us the Word of God. To think of the genius behind this defies description.…
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Emotions
Psalm 119:28 “My soul melts away for sorrow; strengthen me according to your word!” When a Christian reads the words above, he or she may question how this could refer to a believer when we are told in other places in scripture things such as “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice…
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Seeing wonders
Psalm 119:18 “Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law.” This is one of my favorite verses. God’s law, His Word, the Bible, is filled with wondrous things; but if God doesn’t open our eyes to them, we will miss them. They are things that are more precious than gold,…