Jan. 7, 2019
Psalm 119-Part 9
It is good for me that I have been afflicted: that I might learn Thy statutes. Ps. 119:71
LET IT GLOW
Stanza 9, verses 65-72
In verse 68, David tells us that God is good and does good. We who know Him and have experienced His goodness for years, can only say, "Amen!" No one loves us like our God and Savior. We stand in awe of His amazing ways and amazing grace! Undeserved, that is the goodness which God shows us sinners.
How have you experienced the goodness of God lately? Our family has certainly experienced the goodness of God in the last few weeks. He has been our strength through sorrows and trials. We could not be standing if it were not for Him. We are overcomers, though. God is holding us. His will is going to accomplish so much that we will truly be standing in awe of Him and rejoice.
LET IT GROW
I'm not sure what had afflicted David whenever he wrote this psalm, but he admits that he had gone astray before his affliction. (verse 67) And he admits that it was good for him to be afflicted. It brought David closer to God.
David Jeremiah said,
God has a way of bringing us face-to-face with that which is least like Christ. Maybe it's our impatience, our anger, our love of creature comforts, our fear of the future, our desire to do things our way. Dying to those things is the only way we will become like Christ, which is God's ultimate plan for us. If God is showing you, perhaps painfully, something that needs to go-let it go!Paul's desire is recorded in Philippians 3:10, That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection, and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable unto His death.
Before this verse, Paul acknowledged that the things he lost for Christ's sake and glory were counted as dung.
When we get our priorities straight, we realize that things are not as important as following Jesus and being in His will.
Is there anything you need to let go of that is hindering you from wholeheartedly following Jesus?
THEN LET IT GO!
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