- From Psalm 19
Psalm 19 contains some of the most familiar words in all of Scripture (let the reader go review for him or herself), and is an anthem of praise for the Word of God. God's Word will not be stopped. It is essential to keeping the universe in order. It maintains peace. It sustains life.
The Word of God is the Law of God. All the crazy requirements; the commandments. These dictums from on high that have God's people in check for centuries . . . . They are blamed for everything from unhappiness, to war itself.
But of the law of the Lord is perfect, and if humans are imperfect (who would argue against that?) then it would make sense that human would find God's law uncomfortable, awkward. We would push back. It's too hard.
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It's true . . . a person that is in God's Word has opened himself up to attack from God's enemies . . . and God's greatest enemy always seems to be me. Because, I know what I think, and it couldn't get much worse.
But that is because God's Word is perfect. We have set ourselves up against an impossible standard. We push up against it and get knocked down over and over. Yet the standard remains. It is a target worth hitting, an aspiration that must be reached, if we are to go to the next level in eternity.
It's worth it.
When my spirit has been challenged and hammered . . . I emerge from the other side with a revived spirit. No pain, no gain.
Think of a "law" which actually does you good. Good laws are good for us.
God's law keeps us alive.
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