Psalm 119

I gues it,s been quite a while since I have posted anything (again and as usual), but I had this interesting read the last two days of Psalm 119 that changed the way I think and look at the whole chapter, and even, to a certain extent, I believe that my view of God was even enhanced.

I guess I'll start by explaining how I sort of always viewed Psalm 119 (and let me say, I've known it wasn't the exact propper perspective, but it's the way I fealt.) it goes something like this, I always read that chapter, and it seems all I could see was a man centered focus, and to top that off it was a focus on how well and good he was at keeping God's commands, laws, etc. now, let me say I believe in keeping Gods commands law, etc, but this extent in Ps 119 seemed way to impossible. not to mention that earning Gods favor is a seemingly impossible task.

so, I'll admit, the interpretation was wrong, and I knew it, but still seemed every time I read it all I could see was this insermountable task!

anyway, this week I was reading through Ps 119 again, and I was doing something a bit different. I underlined any direct referance to God. all the pronouns that refered to Him (you know, the thees and thous) and all the references to the Lord and God etc. and of course, doing that what I saw is the incredible focus on God! not only that, but there is also a major focus on needing Him to understand His word, and to follow it! for example, vs 18 says "Open Thou my eyes, that I may behold wonderous things out of thy law". vs 29 says "remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously". vs 28 says "...strengthen me according to Thy word.". vs 116 "uphold me according to thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope." 169: "let my cry come near before thee, Lord: give me understanding according to thy word." and then the very last verse, 176, says "I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget the commandments."

and there are many many more that I didn't insert here. and now I can see that Psalm 119 truely does verify that we need God's help to be holy, rightious and pure. we can try, and indeed, we may even do a good job at following the "rules", but that last verse even shows that that isn't enough in itself. even with the rules he says "I am like a lost sheep". it is true, God desires us to be rightious, but He desires us to obtain that from Him!

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