Daily Devotional

-August 11, 2021-

Good morning, happy Wednesday,

-The Word Of God Is Better Than All Riches-

“Therefore I love Your commandments more than gold, yes more than fine gold” (Psalm 119:127)!

“I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches” (Psalm 119:14).

Psalm 119 is focused on the Word of God in nearly every one of the 176 verses. Psalms is the longest book of the Bible with 150 chapters, and this psalm is by far the longest in psalms and in the entire Bible. The author of Psalm 119 is unknown, but its effects are well known in the lives of God’s people.

In Bible days as well as today, money and riches are more than commodities, but are hoarded, saved, and loved more than almost anything. The rich want to be richer and the poor want to be rich, and those in the middle strive to gain more and more. You would think that gold, silver, precious jewels, money, and other riches would last forever, but they don’t. When we die we leave it all behind!

Not so with the Word of God, for it lasts forever. Jesus said, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away” (Matthew 24:35). Why is it that people do not put more value in it? The devil causes people to strive after empty and vain things instead of eternal things. The psalmist saw through to the true value of what means the most. He rejoiced in the Word of God and loved all God’s truth more than all the riches of this world.

The hymn writer Rhea F. Miller wrote, “I’d rather have Jesus than silver or gold, I’d rather be His than have riches untold; I’d rather have Jesus than houses or lands, I’d rather be led by His nail-pierced hand. Than to be the king of a vast domain or be held by sin’s dread sway; I’d rather have Jesus than anything this world affords today.” Having Jesus and His Word is more precious and valuable than all all the riches of this world put together.

May the Word of God be our joy every day and in every way. It is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path as it says in Psalm 119:105. It is sweeter than honey to the taste as it says in Psalm 119:103. Let us read it, obey it, and apply it to our lives. May we study it, mediate on it, and memorize it. We are the richest people on earth because we have the true riches in Christ.

Have a blessed day loving the Lord and His Word and being guided by it. Stay safe and healthy.

In His grace,

Dean