Corona Devo 2057

(97) Oh, how I love your instructions!  I think about them all day long. 

(98) Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are my constant guide.  

(99) Yes, I have more insight than my teachers, for I am always thinking of your laws.  

(100) I am even wiser than my elders, for I have kept your commandments.  

(101)  I have refused to walk on any evil path, so that I may remain obedient to your word.  

(102) I haven’t turned away from your regulations, for you have taught me well.  

(103) How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey.  (104) Your commandments give me understanding; no wonder I hate every false way of life. 

(105) Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.  

(106) I’ve promised it once, and I’ll promise it again: I will obey your righteous regulations.   ~Psalm 119:97-106

I wish I could say these things. 

I want to say these things. 

We can say these things.

Try today to do these things. 

~~~

After having a gab-session the other day with our daughter (where I mostly listened), I praised the Lord that she knows God's instructions, and that she hates "false ways of life" (Psalm 119:104).  

Friends who party late and are up to no good.  Parents who allow/support/ignore it.  

Your commandments give me understanding; no wonder I hate every false way of life.  ~Psalm 119:104

Teachers who teach their (own) truth instead of God's. 

Yes, I have more insight than my teachers, for I am always thinking of your laws.  ~Psalm 119:99

When people twice (or three times) her age challenge her without validation, she is not shaken, but easily responds with respect, kindness and confidence.  

I am even wiser than my elders, for I have kept your commandments.  ~Psalm 119:100

She knows better, Father.  She knows You, and Your instructions.

Your ways are better for us, Lord. 

~~~

I can take no credit for any of this, but I give full credit to the Bible and God's instructions.  My husband and I will continue to raise our children in God's commands, which are the only thing that keep them tethered and grounded as they grow up and experience life unfiltered  

I have refused to walk on any evil path, so that I may remain obedient to your word. (102) I haven’t turned away from your regulations, for you have taught me well.  ~Psalm 119:101-102

These verses, these instructions...this Bible is for us, old and young, new and experienced...anyone and everyone that desires to taste God's sweet words.

And as I read these verses in Psalm 119, I see our children and the other young Believers of today: standing like soldiers in God's army at attention.  These verses are every Christ-followers battle cry and our foundational armor and artillery:

Oh, how I love your instructions!  I think about them all day long. 

(98) Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are my constant guide.  

(99) Yes, I have more insight than my teachers, for I am always thinking of your laws.  

(100) I am even wiser than my elders, for I have kept your commandments.  

(101)  I have refused to walk on any evil path, so that I may remain obedient to your word.  

(102) I haven’t turned away from your regulations, for you have taught me well.  

(103) How sweet your words taste to me; they are sweeter than honey.  (104) Your commandments give me understanding; no wonder I hate every false way of life. 

(105) Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.  

(106) I’ve promised it once, and I’ll promise it again: I will obey your righteous regulations.   ~Psalm 119:97-106


These verses ring truth in my ears and I echo them...but I am old.  

After chatting with our daughter last night, I praise the Lord that these verses echo within her (young) walls as well.  

At any age--Your instruction is life, Lord!  And we can live, TRULY LIVE, if we obey Your Word.

The output of God's instructional input is that He keeps us on the right (and righteous) path: HIS! 

Have we seen the other paths?  
Are we living life and rubbing shoulders with those on alternative paths?  

Have we gotten off of God's instructions, commandments and path?
Are we/do we know others who do not think of God's laws...are unwise...do not have Godly insight... have not refused to walk on evil paths...and have turned away from His regulations?

Look to the Lord's instructions today!  

Oh, how I love your instructions!  I think about them all day long.  ~Psalm 119:97


I wish I could say these things. 

I want to say these things. 

We CAN say these things.

And we will try today to do these things. 

Blessings,  

sarah  

Https://sarahsundy04.blogspot.com 

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