Blessed Are Those Who Are Blameless, Who Walk According To The Lord
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PSALM 119:1-2
“Blessed are the undefiled in the way, Who walk in the law of the Lord! Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, Who seek Him with the whole heart!
”Psalms 119:1-2 NKJV
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PSALM 119 is both the longest Psalm and longest chapter in the bible.
It was written as a repetitive meditation on the beauty of God's Word, and how it helps us to stay pure and grow in faith, possibly written by Ezra after the Temple was rebuilt (EZRA 6:14-15).
Psalm 119 has 22 sections, each corresponding to a different letter in the Hebrew alphabet and each verse beginning with the letter of it's section.
God's Word is mentioned in almost every verse.
Such repetition was common in the Hebrew culture.
People didn't have personal copies of the Scriptures to read, so God's people memorized His Word and passed it along orally.
The structure of this Psalm allowed easy memoization.
God's Word, the bible, is the only guide for living a pure life. “For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.”
Romans 15:4 NKJV
We believers need to make time to read the bible regularly, and understand what God is telling us, “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.”
Hebrews 4:12-13 NKJV
The bible is more than a man written book, for “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.”
John 1:1-5 NKJV
Gods word is far more than a communication or an instruction, or even a description God; it is God, and “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.”
Psalms 33:6 NKJV
The word created us, speaks to us, instucts us, cleanses us, and transforms us.
But we must make time to read it, meditate on it and learn it and from it, then put into practice everything we have learned from it.
My beloved, knowledge comes from study, understanding comes not from human books and teachers, but only from God as He removes the veil (2 CORINTHIANS 3:16), and relationship comes from regular time spent with Him.
Relationship with Christ is paramount to salvation, no one can have faith in someone they don’t know.
As we take in God’s word, it will begin to reveal who we really are and start the process of change as we bow in repentance.
Truly, as you come to understand the most inner thoughts and intents of your heart, which is by the way, deceitful and desperately wicked (JEREMIAH 17:9), change will come, your faith will grow, and the joy and peace of living in Christ will be with you always.
But God’s word cannot bring change unless you take it in and digest it, nor can one be obedient to it without understanding it, and understanding can only come through relationship with God.
Ignorance is not an excuse and we shall all be held accountable, for their will always be consequences for our actions, both good and evil.
My brethren, make time for God; build your relationship with Him in private; study His Word, and give Him all the glory.
“And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.”
Hebrews 10:24-25 NKJV
My beloved, get to know Him and put your trust in Him.
For, “”Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, And whose hope is the Lord. For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, Which spreads out its roots by the river, And will not fear when heat comes; But its leaf will be green, And will not be anxious in the year of drought, Nor will cease from yielding fruit. “The heart is deceitful above all things, And desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings. “As a partridge that broods but does not hatch, So is he who gets riches, but not by right; It will leave him in the midst of his days, And at his end he will be a fool.” A glorious high throne from the beginning Is the place of our sanctuary. O Lord, the hope of Israel, All who forsake You shall be ashamed. “Those who depart from Me Shall be written in the earth, Because they have forsaken the Lord, The fountain of living waters.””
Jeremiah 17:7-13 NKJV
All glory to God forever and ever! Amen.
