Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation–Psalm 119:105

Posted by Seth on Sep 17, 2009 in Bible Study, Daily Devotions |

Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation–Psalm 119:105

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Welcome to today’s Daily Scripture Reading and Meditation covering Psalm 119:105 wherein we are moved to worship the Lord in faithful living through heading the instruction given in His Word.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

I heard a quote from Charles Stanley this morning, “You will not live a godly life with a closed Bible.” How true. Although knowledge is only half the journey toward a life pleasing to God, it is completely essential. I tire of my own foolishness, complaining, and just sin in general that could be so much curbed through meditating more continually on the Word of God. I grow increasingly frustrated with other professing Christians as well who think, choose, and walk through life with a self-produced wisdom that leads them into folly after folly, much of which they are ignorant of. We’re a messed up bunch. But this isn’t meant to be a rant.

The psalmist has spent much of the first 104 verses praising the wisdom of God that has been revealed through the Scriptures. “God’s commands are wonderful!” is what the reader hears as he/she journeys through this extensive Psalm. Furthermore, they are said to be wonderful not simply because it’s so great to know things, but because those truths lead us closer to God that we might enjoy Him more fully. Indeed, even this verse is a prayer to God and not just a statement about Him.

Notice also the way possessives are used. Your Word is the introductory mini-phrase reminding us that there is a system, a standard, that is being looked to that doesn’t originate in man. Uncomplicated certainly, but this is an idea that sits as an anchor against a rushing, growing current of humanism and functional atheism. If our lives then are like boats, the temptation becomes either to let out more chain or eventually severe it altogether. My feet and my path are possessive statements that are shaped and directed by the original statement of Your Word, not the other way around. But how often do we as people who claim Christ as Savior live as if the verse reads, “My feet and my path shed light on Your word”? This is the heresy that is not often (if ever) spoken, but I fear we may try to live it more than we realize.

How clear is your way when it comes to walking in daily faithfulness? Let us not neglect the Word of God; let us rather savor it continually that we may know the way of truth, that we may know Him.

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