I have been spending a good amount of time in Ps. 19:7-14 and thought it would be a good time to share my thoughts about this most wonderful part of God’s Word.
The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;8 the precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart;
the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes; 9 the fear of the Lord is clean,
enduring forever;the rules[b] of the Lord are true,and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold,even much fine gold; sweeter also than honey
and drippings of the honeycomb. 11 Moreover, by them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.12 Who can discern his errors?
Declare me innocent from hidden faults. 13 Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins;let them not have dominion over me!
Then I shall be blameless,and innocent of great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul;
I came from a very broken family, and as a result I was – as a child and young adult – very broken and messed up. As a child, I had many struggles with deep insecurities and fears of abonnement and so forth. But God chose me to come to understand the Gospel and I was saved at 11 years old. I began to grow in my understanding of God and His law and the structure it brought into my life as a young teenager did revive me. It was somehow soothing to understand that God does have a blue print for how to live life and that if we will follow His plan that is so clear – that Blessings will come. NO – not necessarily in the form of comfort or riches (although that is not excluded) but in the form of a soul that is quietly confident in the God who directs my life. The laws of God do comfort me and provided structure to my life and that is very refreshing. I know that I cannot keep the law in any way apart from God’s Spirit in me. However – with the Spirit filled life – and the understanding of the Gospel, I am free and am at peace. Thank you Lord for your structure of the Law, and that Christ fully fulfills that Law – completely. I am in Christ – and I stand complete! (Col.1:8)
The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple;
I am truly a simple man. I have been raised in Georgia (in the USA) and here in Georgia, there are a lot of southern boys who are just simple guys who don’t really live extraordinary lives. Nothing special here – it is just that the culture can be perceived as simple depending on where you live.
I am simple – and didn’t have an environment that was necessarily going to produce excellence – meaning that my father was a brain surgeon or my mother was a high powered lawyer etc… and the expectation was set very high for me.
When I came to know about what the Bible was and the things that God has to say about every aspect of living, I began to become wise. Not – perfect – but wise. As a result of personal study for over 40 years, God has made me wise, and for that I am so thankful. I could have been left to my natural circumstances and I would have lived a typical life. But God has made me wise and it has produced very good results in this simple man. Thank you Lord for the gift of wisdom. (Proverbs 2:6-10 – James 1:5)