Seize the Moment – Day 1249
Live a Life of Devotion!
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Friday, August 18.
Are you living a life of devotion? In the longest chapter of the Bible, Psalm 119, the psalmist proclaims the majesty of God’s Word. He does so in a masterful alphabetic acrostic poem that blesses every person who commits to reading and meditating upon it. Moreso, the psalmist illuminates the way to live a life of devotion, according to the majesty of God’s Word. He calls the reader to action as one Bible teacher commented:
In Psalm 119 the psalmist used many verbs to speak of his response to God’s Word: walk according to, keep, obey, follow, trust in, seek out, delight in, meditate on, consider, rejoice in, see, understand, hope in, teach, speak of, remember, not forget, not forsake, not depart from, not stray from, not turn from, believe in, consider, long for, love, stand in awe of, tremble at, sing of, and choose.[1]
His action-oriented proclamation of the majesty of God’s Word is clearly explained in verses 33-35, “Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I shall observe it to the end. Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law and keep it with all my heart. Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, for I delight in it.” Uncompromisingly, the psalmist invites you to an all-consuming passion for God and His Word, as he testified from his own experience in verse 164, “Seven times a day I praise You, because of Your righteous ordinances.” What an anointed way to live your life! For 176 verses, the psalmist teaches you to love God’s Word and to live according to His “precious and magnificent promises” (2 Peter 1:3-11).
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 119, meditating upon the majesty of God’s Word and how you are called to respond to it by living a life of devotion! How are you applying all diligence to your life of devotion today?
God bless you!
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FOOTNOTE:
[1] Donald K. Campbell, “Foreword,” in Basic Bible Interpretation: A Practical Guide to Discovering Biblical Truth, ed. Craig Bubeck Sr. (Colorado Springs, CO: David C. Cook, 1991), 280.