PE - Our devotional scripture today begins with enthusiastic praise of the testimonies of the Lord. They are first of all wonderful. They are compared to light, understanding, breath (he opens his mouth and pants in verse 131) and overwhelming longing or desire. David got caught up in a similar state of happy adoration in Psalm 19 as he described the “works and words” of God. He says in verse 10 “More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.”
Let me point out once again the writer of the psalm is not being pressured by duty to acknowledge the Law. Rather, his heart runs a course of voluntary and loving obedience to his exalted Lord. The entrance of light brings life to sin-deadened cells. Understanding flowers and bears the fruit of consistent desire for the presence of God. Not only do we have an enduring sense of his presence we are also given direction – our steps are ordered. Sin in fact cannot have dominion once we are living by the truth of the word.
As much as we would like to continue in this vein the psalm is not all about rejoicing and soaking up God’s presence. There are those who are far from a saving knowledge or any real understanding of our Creator. When last have we wept over the plight of sinners? I don’t mean our children, our spouses or the people near and dear to us. I mean to look at our world in all its brokenness and weep as we contemplate the fate of humanity standing in all its sin before a holy God. Do we weep over the state of our nation as God’s Laws are blatantly disregarded? May we never become so caught up in our own redemption we forget the millions on their way to a Christ-less eternity. Give me Lord, a heart that longs to see the lost found in you. Give a heart like yours.©8/2010
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