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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!

  • Teth

    Teth

    Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

    Prayer is a conversation with God. He IS God and we are not.

    Therefore, our attitude is not as adam to another man. We are not equal nor do we deserve anything other than death and punishment for our sins. We must bow down to God our Master as His servant. Though a personal and approachable, loving Father, He IS the LORD.

    Teth

    65 You have dealt well with your servant,
    O Lord, according to your word.

    Has God not dealt fairly with you as a slave? Though our Father disciplines those He loves, the LORD is our Lord.

    Do we not owe our Creator obedience to His commandments and His ways?

    66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge,
    for I believe in your commandments.

    This is not the judgment of eternal punishment. It is God’s judgment of good behavior. (Roger did what is right in the eyes of the Lord, rather than did evil by lack of knowledge of God’s commandments and will for all mankind to do good and not evil.)

    Knowledge of the Lord is essential to eternal life. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: H1847 but fools despise wisdom and instruction. – Proverbs 1:7

    We tend to wander from the straight and narrow path with the Lord’s light of the commandments of scripture, don’t we?

    67 Before I was afflicted I went astray,
    but now I keep your word.
    68 You are good and do good;
    teach me your statutes.

    Thou fool! would you prefer to be bowed down to the Living God by the force of His might rather than bow down to His love by your obedience to His will?

    69 The insolent smear me with lies,
    but with my whole heart I keep your precepts;
    70 their heart is unfeeling like fat,
    but I delight in your law.

    The importance of loving God with your whole heart (and soul) is central to the teachings Hebrew scriptures. This description: Their heart is as fat as grease, is used only here in scripture. It means that without keeping God’s instruction our heart (soul) becomes insensitive. Do you not see this insensitivity in many others who deny God by their daily lives?

    71 It is good for me that I was afflicted,
    that I might learn your statutes.
    72 The law of your mouth is better to me
    than thousands of gold and silver pieces.

  • Heth

    Heth

    Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

    Heth (Cheth)

    57 The Lord is my portion;
    I promise to keep your words.

    The LORD is my portion.

    What does this mean to you?

    To begin, let us disavow the popular preaching from the mega-pulpits of false teaching that God’s blessings are yours to name and claim: God gives us our ‘portion‘ for HIS glory and not ours in the eyes of men.

    You, O Lord, are our inheritance! You are our portion for heaven after we have died to our own wills of greed and self-indulgence.

    58 I entreat your favor with all my heart;
    be gracious to me according to your promise.

    I come to you in weakness, in my sickness of heart. With all of my heart (not just a portion set aside for god) I beg you for your favor. NOT ‘favor’ as in a favorite son, but favor as in, Have mercy on me, a sinner. 

    59 When I think on my ways,
    I turn my feet to your testimonies;
    60 I hasten and do not delay
    to keep your commandments.
    61 Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me,
    I do not forget your law.
    62 At midnight I rise to praise you,
    because of your righteous rules.

    When you are in trouble do you rise to praise the Lord?

    Now follows the importance of Christian community: one Christian for the support of all other Christians who also fear the Lord:

    63 I am a companion of all who fear you,
    of those who keep your precepts.
    64 The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love;
    teach me your statutes!

    The Lord is faithful, even unto death. For Life is ours in Christ Jesus, who also suffered and was sacrificed for our transgressions of the law and hears our prayers and witness and calling upon Him. Jesus IS Lord.

    Teach us your statutes! It is not only a call to memorize 10 commandments or learn a number of rules; it is the plea of our heart that God will show us (His servants) what to do and how to do it His way. Our strong desire should be to hear and do all that Jesus Christ has taught us in Person.

    Do you desire the Lord to teach you His statutes? (Here is a start.)