SUNDAY 12 MAY, 2013
DEVOTION TO HIS WORD
MEMORY VERSE
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not
forget thy word. Psalm 119:16
READ
Psalm 119:9-16
Psa 119:9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed
thereto according to thy word.
Psa 119:10
With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy
commandments.
Psa 119:11
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Psa 119:12
Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
Psa 119:13
With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
Psa 119:14 I
have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches.
Psa 119:15 I
will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
Psa 119:16 I
will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
MESSAGE
Besides commitment
to an unbroken link with God and a personal commitment to God's presence,
another factor that identifies someone who is committed to God is his or her
attitude to God's word. If you are truly devoted to God, it will show in your
level of commitment to His Word. You will deliberately find time to hear, read,
study, memorise and meditate on it. You will also find time to put it into
practice because hearing and not practicing what you have heard from the word
makes you a hypocrite - one who deceives oneself. Hence James 1:22 says, if you
hear God's word on restitution, tithing or loving those who hate you, but fail
to obey, it shows you are not committed to the word. Every instruction you have
received from the Bible, which you have not obeyed stands against you in the
area of commitment.
If you are
committed to the word, you will love it. It will become something very
important and precious to you. In Psalm 119:9-16, the psalmist used God's word
as an antidote to sinning against God. This means that, as he hid God's Word in
his heart, it displaced all the evil thoughts to sin against God. If you also
hide it in your heart by memorising and meditating on the word, it will be difficult
for you to sin. Show me a Christian who often sins, and I will show you a
Christian who is not committed to the word of God. In addition, in verse 14 of
Psalm 119, the psalmist says God's word gives him joy. He sees every revelation
that comes to him by studying the word to be as valuable as silver and gold.
What value do you attach to the Word of God? If your quest for money is
separating you from the word, it shows you are not committed to it; you value
money above the word. If you are committed to the word of God, you cannot stand
a day without it. Peter was so committed to Christ's words that he threw his
net when he would ordinarily have refused that order (Luke 5:5). How committed
are you to His instructions?
KEY POINT
Your commitment to
God's word shows how committed you are to God because God and His word are the
same
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