Where to Find Hope and Delight

O. T. #2081 "Where to Find Hope and Delight"

DEC. 7, 2021

Joel 2-Part 4

LET IT GLOW

Are you weighed down by all there is on your to-do list this month? Join me as we discover what can lighten this list.

Continuing in Psalm 119, we read of several words that the psalmist uses for the Scriptures. Look at how many times they are used within these 176 verses:

• Word-38times
• testimonies-11 xs
• law-25 xs
• precepts-21 xs
• statutes-22 xs
• commandments 22 xs
• judgment-4xs

David sincerely and genuinely sought the blessings of God through obeying His Word. 

Word means promise.

In verse 11, he says, Thy Word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee.

About 143 times those words from the list were used. What are we to do with them?

• Meditate on them;(verse 15, 78)
• Respect them; (verse 15)
• Delight in them; (verse 16, 77)
• Not forget them; (verse 16)
• Learn them; (verse 71)
• Be comforted by them; (verse 52
• Get understanding from them; (verse 104)
• Put our hope in them; (verse 114, 147)
• Respect them; (verse 117)
• Love them exceedingly; (verse 167)
• Get deliverance; (verse 170)
• Praise God for them.(verse 175)

God's Word was so very important to David, right? And so it should be to us. It is a road map to our God, since it is Truth.

 

LET IT GROW

What do we find when we rent our heart, not our garments, and turn unto the LORD our God? Verse 13b tells us we find He is gracious, merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness. (Israel would have had God not sending the plague of Assyria.)

God loves His people so much that He will cause them to face their sin and bring them to the place of repentance, confession, and restoration. (Falwell)

LET IT GO

Thank You Father for Your grace and mercy, slow anger, and great kindness. Especially grateful am I that my sister in law does not have cancer!

Help us to love Your Word and You more each day.

May our hope and delight be in Your Word.