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  • Yodh

    Yodh

    Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

    Yodh (Jod)

    73 Your hands have made and fashioned me;
    give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.

    Genesis 1:26a Then God said, “Let us make man[h] in our image, after our likeness.

    Genesis 2:7 then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. 

    Jeremiah 1:(4-)5a  “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you…

    (And the Lord said to Isaac, son of Abraham even before the Law of Moses:) Genesis 26:4-5 KJV And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

    74 Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice,
    because I have hoped in your word.

    Have you ever considered that only those who fear the Lord (the beginning of wisdom) will rejoice when they see you, because you have come to know Christ Jesus and rejoice in the word of the Lord? This is the hope and joy of Christian fellowship, our relationship in the Lord. Be comforted in the attacks of the evil ones of the world and the powers of evil we neither see nor understand.

    75 I know, O Lord, that your rules are righteous,
    and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
    76 Let your steadfast love comfort me
    according to your promise to your servant.
    77 Let your mercy come to me, that I may live;
    for your law is my delight.

    78 Let the insolent be put to shame,
    because they have wronged me with falsehood;
    as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.
    79 Let those who fear you turn to me,
    that they may know your testimonies.

    Is the righteousness of your life witness of the love of Christ Jesus? Is your whole heart and living testimony blameless?

    80 May my heart be blameless in your statutes,
    that I may not be put to shame!

  • He

    He

    Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

    He

    33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of your statutes;
    and I will keep it to the end.
    34 Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
    and observe it with my whole heart.
    35 Lead me in the path of your commandments,
    for I delight in it.
    36 Incline my heart to your testimonies,
    and not to selfish gain!

    “Teach me…” is more than instruction only. It is plea to Jehovah to point in the right direction.

    Point by way of statutes, law, commandments and testimonies.

    Let me, O God, NOT be selfish!

    37 Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things;
    and give me life in your ways.

    ‘Turn away mine eyes from vanity,’ states the King James Version.

    Could that mean such things as: facebook, cell phones, endless hours of television and the numerous games and movies of entertainment?

    Let the Spirit and the Word of God convict each of us!

    38 Confirm to your servant your promise,
    that you may be feared.
    39 Turn away the reproach that I dread,
    for your rules are good.
    40 Behold, I long for your precepts;
    in your righteousness give me life!

    Do you long for the precepts of God, lived for us in the life of Christ Jesus?

    OR do these other desires of your flesh point the arrow of your soul in a path downward of heaven?

  • Daleth

    Daleth

    Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

    Daleth

    cling to the dust25 My soul clings to the dust;
    give me life according to your word!

    Genesis 2:7 KJV And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

    Genesis 3:19 KJV In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

    Psalm 119: 25 KJV My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.

    26 When I told of my ways, you answered me;
    teach me your statutes!

    The Lord answers prayer. And where and what is the answer? In the word of scripture, including the commands, law and statutes of the Lord. The Spirit reveals all truth of scripture when we genuinely seek the Lord’s will with all of our heart (soul).

    Does your soul cling to the dust in humility before the Lord? Do you remember that we are dust and to dust our flesh will return?

    27 Make me understand the way of your precepts,
    and I will meditate on your wondrous works.
    28 My soul melts away for sorrow;
    strengthen me according to your word!

    Is anything too hard for the Lord? – Genesis 1:18a

    Though our soul clings to the dust and our spirit is downtrodden, how uplifted is our countenance when we look higher to the strength of God and glorify His mighty works and the grace of His compassion.

    29 Put false ways far from me
    and graciously teach me your law!
    30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
    I set your rules before me.
    31 I cling to your testimonies, O Lord;
    let me not be put to shame!
    32 I will run in the way of your commandments
    when you enlarge my heart!

    John 11.25And from the dust and ashes we shall rise in Christ Jesus!