–Filler Warning–
If you’re expecting some deeper stuff here, move along. I’m typing this while my team is practicing their worship lineup in the background… Well, in an attempt to go ahead and unload whatever is in my mind that needs to be unloaded – in the small chance that something of value pops into this brain, even in the noise music.
Or, well, who knows – You might gather something here. Either way, I thank God for you.
Psalm 119:121-128
AYIN
121 I have done what is just and right; do not leave me to my oppressors.
122 Give your servant a pledge of good; let not the insolent oppress me.
I was going to say that I was going to be a little less aware or focused on this article – However, verse 122 is coming at me. Would it be too much for us, in the New Covenant, as followers of Jesus Christ, to ask our Father for a ‘pledge of good‘?
The New International Version says ‘Ensure your servant’s well-being‘ in its place… and with that in mind, I’m brought to think, to realize that Christ has already ensured our well-being, just as in Him, all of God’s promises (and pledges) are ‘Yes’ and ‘amen’ – So, in absence of another pledge, Christ has already ensured and guaranteed ‘good’ for us.
123 My eyes long for your salvation and for the fulfillment of your righteous promise.
124 Deal with your servant according to your steadfast love, and teach me your statutes.
Christ is our Salvation. And when we’re to cry out as the composers of the other Psalms have, when they ask God to restore to them the joy of their salvation, we’re to be reminded of the joy associated with Christ and His finished work, unto our salvation, now and forever.
Christ is the fulfillment of God’s righteous promise – Through Christ and His finished work, we have been declared righteous. In all we’re witnessing, in all we’re feeling, in all we’re experiencing, we are righteous. Through it all, we are in right-standing with our God, much so that we are able to call Him our Father.
We have been dealt with through Christ’s birth, death, resurrection and ascension. We’ve been assured of God’s steadfast love, much so that we sing about it – and in our meditation and reflection, in the Father restoring to us the joy of the salvation we have in Christ, we are reminded of His statutes…
…Or is it more of our being reminded that in all things, we have the mind of Christ, which is of infinitely greater value than any statutes of old?
125 I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies!
126 It is time for the LORD to act, for your law has been broken.
However it is, we aren’t merely taught or given a mind that is taught, but we are given understanding to match the knowledge. And it is but necessary for us to cling to it – but in our case, we see the Father act; not because His law has been broken, but rather because His Law has been satisfied and fulfilled through Christ!
127 Therefore I love your commandments above gold, above fine gold.
128 Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right; I hate every false way.
How could we find value anywhere else beyond the Word, and how can we find Life beyond the Living Word? How can anything else in this world appeal any more than the salvation, the reconciliation we have with the Creator – not only of this World, but this Universe, and beyond?
It’s clear that the more we expose ourselves to the Word, the more our priorities in this reality change, based on a perspective that clearly states that we are assured of an everlasting love beyond senses, and relationship therefore with the infinite and eternal God, whom we call our Father…
…to the glory of the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, Jesus Christ; now and forever.
In lack of focus – rather, in an environment where we’re having difficulty focusing, or going deeper into what we have in mind – We are thankful that our Father continues to be faithful by way of presenting us with learning (and, as we’ve just read, understanding), just so that even these times are not wasted.
In other words, even in lack of focus, the Father continues to be glorified to the maximum – even in the absence of more meaningful learning, He continues to minister to us… and, again, He is glorified to the maximum… now, and always.
May we continue to revel in His presence. May we continue to capitalize on our perpetual proximity to this Creator, whom we call our Father.
You’re the Name above all names
You are worthy of all praise
My heart will sing, how great is our God.
Amen. Amen.
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