Monthly Archives May 2015

Vs. 119:141 — I am small and despised, Yet I do not forget Your precepts.

Prayer:

Father, the world sees me as weak and worthless because of my faith in Jesus Christ. I admit that I am weak, but not as they have reasoned. My weakness is my strength. I will not boast in anything but what Christ Jesus has done for me, and is doing in me. Yet the strength that the world boasts and trusts in is their weakness. Their faith is in themselves and with their own powers. How futile and vain are the threats and plans of the nations of this world before an infinite God. Indeed You laugh at their plans and schemes. Therefore I will not fear the world, for I know that You are God–sovereign and almighty. Though I am an outcast in the eyes of the world, I will not forget what You have taught me in Your word.

Vs. 140 — Your word is very pure; Therefore Your servant loves it.

Charles H. Spurgeon:

It is truth distilled, holiness in its quintessence. In the word of God there is no admixture of error or sin. It is pure in its sense, pure in its language, pure in its spirit, pure in its influence, and all this to the very highest degree—“very pure.” “Therefore thy servant loveth it,” which is a proof that he himself was pure in heart, for only those who are pure love God’s word because of its purity. His heart was knit to the word because of its glorious holiness and truth. He admired it, delighted in it, sought to practice it, and longed to come under its purifying power. (Spurgeon, C. H. (2009). The treasury of David: Psalms 111-119 (Vol. 5, p. 391). Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.)

Prayer:

Your word, O’ God, is very pure; therefore Your servant loves it. You have opened my eyes, these eyes which were blind, to see the purity of Your word. There is no deficiency in Your promises, commandments, statutes, and testimonies! No hidden agendas, manipulating, hypocrisy, or bait and switch tactics in any of Your word. There is no weakness, frailty, fragmentation, or fault in any, in even one word, that has come from You. Pure … very pure–refined and proved. I have no reason to doubt what You have said, but every reason to believe and trust Your word. The testimony of Your word stands alone as righteous, just, holy, truth, faithful, honorable, and trustworthy. I throw my life onto Your word, because it is Your word. Open my heart and enlarge it that I may see wonderful things in Your word! Amen!

Vs. 139 — My zeal has consumed me, Because my enemies have forgotten Your words.

Charles H. Spurgeon:

In the last two verses David spoke concerning his God and his law; here he speaks of himself, and says, “My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words”: this was no doubt occasioned by his having so clear a sense of the admirable character of God’s word. His zeal was like a fire burning within his soul. The sight of man’s forgetfulness of God acted as a fierce blast to excite the fire to a more vehement flame, and it blazed until it was ready to consume him. David could not bear that men should forget God’s words. He was ready to forget himself, ay, to consume himself, because these men forgot God. The ungodly were David’s enemies: his enemies because they hated him for his godliness; his enemies, because he abhorred them for their ungodliness. These men had gone so far in iniquity that they not only violated and neglected the commands of God, but they appeared actually to have forgotten them. This put David into a great heat; he burned with indignation. How dare they trample on sacred things! How could they utterly ignore the commands of God himself! He was astonished, and filled with holy anger. (Spurgeon, C. H. (2009). The treasury of David: Psalms 111-119 (Vol. 5, pp. 390–391). Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.)

Prayer:

My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten Your words. I see the injustices, the absence of righteousness and truth, and because You, O’ God, have granted me light to see I am angry with the rebelliousness of the godless. Yes, even consumed with anger for they blaspheme Your name and Your throne. Yet I temper my indignation because I know that I was such a person–consumed with godlessness with a desire to please only myself. I befriended darkness and the way that opposed You. Though my soul shakes and is ready to cry out for judgment, instead I stop short and plead for Your mercy upon those who are as I was–blind and unaware. Rain down righteousness, O’ Lord, and let salvation spring forth on this earth. Glorify the holy name of the Lamb of God, who sits on the throne. To Him be honor, power, and glory forever. Amen.

Vs. 138 — Your testimonies, which You have commanded, Are righteous and very faithful.

Prayer:

Father, help us to see that Your testimonies are not options for us to try-out, to take on a test drive to see if they fit within our created kingdoms and preferred lifestyles. Rather, let us see and know–with the full conviction of the heart, soul, mind, and strength that Your way is righteous and faithful. Grant us, all saints everywhere, a deep love, a devoted love for the ways of the kingdom of heaven. May we never compromise the higher kingdom for this earthly kingdom. Yet we can only have such resolve if Thy Spirit does such a work. Do not let us work up a self-willed, human conviction and piousness. Your kingdom come! Your will be done, in Your Church before all the world! To Christ be the glory, forever! Amen!

Vs. 137 — Righteous are You, O Lord, And upright are Your judgments.

Charles H. Spurgeon:

God is always right, and he is always actively right, that is, righteous. This quality is bound up in our very idea of God. We cannot imagine an unrighteous God.  … That which comes from the righteous God is itself righteous. Jehovah both saith and doth that which is right, and that alone. This is a great stay to the soul in time of trouble. When we are most sorely afflicted, and cannot see the reason for the dispensation, we may fall back upon this most sure and certain fact, that God is righteous, and his dealings with us are righteous too. It should be our glory to sing this brave confession when all things around us appear to suggest the contrary. This is the richest adoration—this which rises from the lips of faith when carnal reason mutters about undue severity, and the like. (Spurgeon, C. H. (2009). The treasury of David: Psalms 111-119 (Vol. 5, p. 390). Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.)

Prayer:

Righteous are You, O Lord, and upright are Your judgments. May I never question the actions that You take, and therefore, may I never question that You are sovereignly acting though I do not see Your judgments carried out with my eyes. You, O’ God, are righteous and just in all that You do and there is nothing that exists that You are not over and in control of. Help us, as Your saints, to rest in Your sovereignty.