The Devotional – 1485 – The judgments of God do not change

The Devotional – 1485 – The judgments of God do not change

Psalm 119:65-72 – You have dealt well with Your servant, O Lord, according to Your word. Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe Your commandments. Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your word. You are good, and do good; Teach me Your statutes. The proud have forged a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart. Their heart is as fat as grease, but I delight in Your law. It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes. The law of Your mouth is better to me than thousands of coins of gold and silver.

 

Comments and Challenges

Can anyone understand the timing of events in one’s life; certainly the future does not belong to us personally. Yet if not careful, we can be overly protective of the future to the point of being in a total frenzy when plans go out the window. One thing that I would like to believe that I have learned is that God’s timing of the past, the present and the future are always backed by eternity and that eternity is His Plan. In other words if your plans do not include eternity you will often live in a moment by moment frenzy as your hard worked for plans fly out the window. God’s Word, if you care to look into it is always on time.

Notice what the psalmist says in this section: “You have dealt with Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word”. For some today that verse speaks directly to the soul to provide comfort and peace. For others the verse speaks directly to the soul to challenge and encourage; for others to gain instruction in righteous living. As it is said many times; scripture has only one interpretation; yet when God is speaking to us through His Word there will always be many applications.

A few verses later the psalmist says: “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your word. You are good and do good; teach me Your statutes.” When our future plans go out the window of time and dissipate we must seek to see eternity in the background. If we fail to do this, there will be a host of proud people who are ready to smear you with words like; “you should have this, or you could have done that” it is not that they mean intentional harm, but they are harmers none the less.

In the moment we must seek to keep the statutes and precepts of God’s Word with our “whole” heart. King David says in Psalm 19:8 that the keeping of God’s statutes rejoices the heart. If we allow our self to listen to those that “forge the lie” of the world around us, we will develop a heart like the proud “fat as grease” (acting insensible). The world reacts to all problems with greasy flesh. Yet as the apostle John clearly says

We must continually seek to walk in the Light of God’s word since we face dangers all day long – walking in the Word of God is the ONLY way for His children. 1 John 4:12-16 – No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him.