It’s natural for my first response to be frustration or panic when things don’t fall into place. I had that experience today while trying to gather some elusive information for an article I’m writing. I finally had to step away from my computer before I was tempted to pick it up and throw it.
What ultimately calmed me was taking a break in the Lord. I looked at the next three “testimonies” verses in Ps. 119 and meditated on them. Ahh. How refreshing.
Take a look at them with me. Then let’s pick up again tomorrow for the next three. God’s testimony is that he always comes through.
To find the next three, go to the chart of testimonies verses at the end of my last post. Here we go.
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Psalms 119:24 Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors.
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This may be my favorite verse for testimonies, because, yes, his testimonies are my counselors. Let’s train ourselves to encourage ourselves in God by first turning to his word in emotional emergencies. That is David’s testimony. And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. (1 Samuel 30:6) Find a testimony of God’s deliverance and draw counsel from it. How many times did he deliver the Israelites in the O.T.? Countless. |
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Psalms 119:31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
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I’ll stick to his testimonies when I recognize them, and I’ll trust him to not let me be put to shame by others when I do. Here’s one I’ll trust: I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. (Psalms 37:25) That’s a testimony of God David recognized and that I have stuck to for years |
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Psalms 119:36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
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It’s a prayer I can pray. Lord, bend my heart toward your testimonies rather than things. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. (Psalms 23:1) That’s David’s testimony. When we focus on God, we won’t want: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. (Matthew 6:33) God’s testimony is that he provided for David in the cave; Joseph in Egypt; Moses in the wilderness; Ruth and Naomi via Boaz; Abraham a ram in place of Isaac, etc. |
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