Today, I am reading and commenting on  Psalms 119.

Today’s reading is just one psalm because Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible.  The emphasis throughout this acrostic poem is on the value of God’s law and God’s word.  If we seek God with all of our hearts and keep His statutes we will be blessed.  The psalmist reminds us that we can remain pure only by living according to God’s word.  However, we will only do so if God keeps us from giving in to temptation.  We need to give ourselves to God, give over control over our lives to Him.  We need God to keep us from deceit and evil, for Him to teach us His law.  As we study His word, His law, and the Scripture He has given us, we learn how to avoid sinning by learning to lean on Him.  We need to allow God to open our eyes to the wonderful things in His law.  I am sure that you know someone who is convinced that Scripture contains nothing of value and much to be decried.  Pray to God that He will open your eyes to see through their misunderstanding, and that He will open their eyes to what God’s word truly says.  Let us take comfort in what God says to us and pray that He gives us true understanding so that we will keep God’s law and obey it with all of our heart.  God’s word will light our path so that we do not trip on unseen obstacles.  Let us speak of God’s word and praise His actions before both the mighty and the weak, then we will not be put to shame.  I will trust in the Lord to keep me from going astray.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.