The anchor for my soul today is going to be God’s testimonies. I think I can live off of a few stories in the Old Testament that talk about folks who trusted God in trying times, and God came through in a huge way. If He did it for them, he can do it for me. Sign me up.
Let’s look at the next three verses in Ps. 119 that talk about the testimony of the Lord. Remember what we’ve learned so far. God’s testimonies are the Bible stories we learn from. Those stories teach us what God likes, doesn’t like and how he responds to certain actions, words and hearts.
There are 23 verses in Ps. 119 that talk about God’s testimonies. It’s my favorite word used for the word in Ps. 119.
Psalms 119:46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
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Who gets to stand before kings and discuss God’s testimonies and not be ashamed? David did. He could recount God’s deliverance from Goliath to Saul and tell him what he told Goliath: Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. (1 Samuel 17:45) Daniel did. After surviving the outcome of the king throwing him into the lion’s den, he said, My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. (Daniel 6:22) All these testimonies are recorded for us to know and share and trust and live. What’s my excuse for wimpiness? |
Psalms 119:59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
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So, I’ve just thought about David’s boldness and fearlessness in the Goliath battle, and I’ve thought about Daniel’s innocency and how God rewarded that with deliverance from the hungry lions. Now I think on my ways. I need to turn like David and Daniel to the living God. Lord, may I equally rely on you, keeping a pure heart and life before you? If I’ll do that, I can see that your deliverance is right there. What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. (Psalms 56:3-4) Why? Because I know what God is like from David and Daniel's testimonies. |
Psalms 119:79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
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This is David, who at times was running for his life from king Saul, asking God for good friends. The kind he asked for were those who fear God and that know God’s testimonies. I need friends, too, but not just any friends. Those who know what God can do. Thank you. It’s OK to ask for quality friends who equally love what God can do. David had a friend like that. Jonathan. Remember, he also faced war enemies alone and won the battle. They both had the same victory experience with God, and it’s probably why the Bible says, and it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. (1 Samuel 18:1) I want friends like that. |
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