97 — Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.

Charles H. Spurgeon:

“O how love I thy law!” It is a note of exclamation. He loves so much that he must express his love, and in making the attempt he perceives that it is inexpressible—and therefore cries, “O how I love!” We not only reverence but love the law, we obey it out of love, and even when it chides us for disobedience we love it none the less. The law is God’s law, and therefore it is our love. We love it for its holiness, and pine to be holy; we love it for its wisdom, and study to be wise; we love it for its perfection, and long to be perfect. Those who know the power of the gospel perceive an infinite loveliness in the law as they see it fulfilled and embodied in Christ Jesus. “It is my meditation all the day.” (Spurgeon, C. H. (2009). The treasury of David: Psalms 111-119 (Vol. 5, p. 330). Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software.)

Prayer:

Father, I proclaim as the Psalmist, Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. Your law led me to Christ. It revealed Your holiness and my wretchedness. Before the law was revealed to me by Thy Spirit I was ignorant of Your wrath against a sinner as me. I walked in self-righteousness, a deception that I was good enough on my own. Oh such a lie! I was dead in my sin, an enemy of righteousness and holiness. Then Your perfect Law killed me! I had no where to look but to Jesus Christ. The Spirit of Christ revealed to this wretched man that Christ can save and save to the uttermost. And indeed Jesus did! Whom the Son sets free is free, INDEED! I proclaim that Jesus is my Christ, for He alone is my salvation, my righteousness, and my wholeness. In Him do I live with my God in peace and joy, forever. Amen!