If you are like me you don't like to leave things unfinished so here are my final thoughts on Psalm 19...
- God's word is our greatest possession - "more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold."
- God's word is our greatest pleasure - "sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honey comb."
- God's word is our greatest protection - "by them Thy servant is warned."
- God's word is our greatest provider - "in keeping them there is great reward."
God's creation and His word is the twofold testimony of His glory. When our eyes are opened by creation and His word, when we are truly confronted with a glorious and holy God, like David, we are moved to acknowledge that we are sinners. In verse twelve David asks the question,
"Who can discern his errors?" On our own we will never see our sinfulness. David is moved to prayer by the combination of the revelation of God in creation and His word. He then asks the Lord to pardon him for the sins that sneak up on him, his
hidden faults. We are all guilty of hidden faults, those things we say or do and then afterward realize it wasn't pleasing to the Lord. We didn't plan on doing it and we hated it as soon as we recognized it. David is asking to be pardoned for those kinds of sins. And then he requests power over
presumptuous sins, those sins where we just don't care, we know we are committing them and we just presume upon God's grace, sins in which we partake of with our eyes wide open without caring what God thinks. Horrible isn't it? Yet, we are all guilty. We need to constantly rely on God's power to conquer this tendency of the flesh. Hidden sins will always sneak up on us but we can gain victory over presumptuous sins, with vigilance over our thought life. We are given the power over presumptuous sins through the Holy Spirit.
David ends the Psalm by asking that his words and thoughts be acceptable to God. If we immerse ourselves in our greatest possession, God's word, then it will be God's word that will be on our lips and in our minds and what we say and what we think will be pleasing to the Lord.
How beneficial and important it is to be in the precious treasure of God's word!
5 comments:
One of my favorite Psalms, Kathy! And what a refreshing way to think of it! I love hearing your meditations on God's Word! Aren't you glad that even though we are still battling the flesh in this world, we really do have all the tools handed to us via scripture?! And the promise of HIS power to overcome sin! Let us not grow weary....
Have a blessed day! We have 4-6 inches of very nice snowman building snow on the ground this morning! I might give the kids a snow day!
Laurie
It seems to be a favorite of many Laurie. His word is sufficient for everything we need pertaining to life and godliness. It's so important that we are in it, and so beneficial and wonderful when we choose to be, all the time!
I just hopped over to Kristen's blog and read about the snow. Enjoy your children's red noses and those cookies (even the sugar free ones!) and real hot chocolate. Most of all, enjoy the Lord and His goodness!
...wait, you didn't see the real hot chocolate comment...enjoy the snow angels your angels will make!
You should see them! Their smiles right now are enough to make the clouds roll away! And hot chocolate is on the menu - I even have that covered.... got in some of the DaVinci's Sugar free coffee syrup in various flavors. If I add cream to my coffee, and some chocolate flavoring (mmm...maybe a bit of carmel to go with), I'll be good to go! God is good! Even supplies delicious treats for dieting!
And you just made me smile Laurie. Have a wonderful day!
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