We have meditated through Psalm 20, and now I will try to share excerpts from my "meditations" on Ps. 119:73-80, a few verses at a time. The bulk of the comments here in the next few Psalms were written in Fall/Winter 1997 as I was reading through Spurgeon's Treasury of David. Therefore the words in quotations are his, only changed somewhat and personalized by me.
Psalm 119:73-80
73 THY HANDS HAVE MADE ME AND FASHIONED ME: GIVE ME UNDERSTANDING, THAT I MAY LEARN THY COMMANDMENTS.
Lord, you have made me for Yourself, and You have allowed my body to be weak...and at least part of the reason for all of this is so that I will REALLY learn thy commandments. Thank-You for giving me understanding and for revealing this to me! It helps me to accept it
all so much easier. "In both giving me existence and arranging my existence You manifested love and wisdom; and therefore I find reasons for praise, confidence, and expectation in my being and well- being.....As thou hast made me, teach me. Here is the vessel which thou hast fashioned; Lord, fill it...grant me now thy grace that my soul may know thy will, and my body may join in the performance of it...'Forsake not the work of thine own hands.' ...Surely from the delicate art and marvelous skill which You have shown in the formation of my human body, I may infer that you are prepared to take equal pains with the soul till it shall perfectly bear Your image!"
74 THEY THAT FEAR THEE WILL BE GLAD WHEN THEY SEE ME; BECAUSE I HAVE HOPED IN THY WORD.
Yes, Lord, it is true...those who are godly, mature Christians who fear You and who have really HOPED in Your Word for years will be glad when they see me growing and hoping in Your Word too! "...It is one of the joys of saints to hold converse with their more advanced
brethren." How I long for some truly experienced, godly saints to converse with! Lord, may it be so!
Spurgeon says, "HOPEFUL men bring gladness with them. Despondent spirits spread the infection of depression, and hence few are glad to see them, while those whose HOPES ARE GROUNDED UPON GOD'S WORD carry sunshine in their faces, and are welcomed by their fellows." Lord, please give me grace to carry only SUNSHINE, even in the midst of illness! In Jesus' name. Amen.
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