The Verse of the Day

-July 29, 2020-

Good morning, happy Wednesday,

-Never Forget God’s Precepts-

“I will never forget Your Precepts, for by them You have given me life.”

(Psalm 119:93).

God has given us His Word and we should never forget the precepts we have live by. Though there are 66 books in the Bible, 39 in the OT and 27 in the NT, they fit into one volume that we can carry with us and hold in our hands. Many today use apps on their smart phones and tablets to read the word. It lends new meaning to the expression “pocket Bible.”

Either way, we are blessed to have the Bible, the Word of God, to read, study, meditate on, and memorize. It is food for our souls. We all have ways we employ to remember things that are important to us. What makes the Bible so much different than other books is that it is God’s Word and how the application of the Word to our lives is so important. In order to really learn something from Scripture we must obey it and apply it to our lives.

Here in our text the psalmist has a passion for the Scriptures. He does not want to forget it. At the time he wrote this psalm, he only had the law and the historical books and for the most of the Jews it was not written down but was passed from parents to children by word of mouth. For this reason they would made frontlets, leather pouches with portions of Scripture, to wear near their eyes and be foremost in their hearts.

Some believers in oppressive countries today do not even have a Bible but exchange portions of it with each other as they have to meet in secret. We are truly blessed to have multiple translations, Bible study aids, commentaries, concordances, dictionaries, good Christian devotionals, and other Christian books. Still with all of those as good as they are, they cannot compare to the Bible.

We can never read the Word too much. The more we read it, the more we want to read it more. It is so rich, deep, and practical for our lives. The psalmist recognized that the Word had given him life. The words were more than words on a page but were wonderful words of life that come alive to our hearts.

The hymn writer Philip Bliss wrote, “Sing them over again to me, wonderful words of life. Let me more of their beauty see, wonderful words of life. Words of life and beauty, teach me faith and duty, beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life. Beautiful words, wonderful words, wonderful words of life.”

May we treasure the Word and remember it. It will bless us both now and in the future. We are so blessed and thankful to have the Scriptures. The Bible was given to us not just to some special priests or religious leaders. It is for us all, for the common man.

Have a blessed day in the Word of God. Stay safe and healthy.

Dean