Qoph (ק) / Psalm 119 – February 24, 2025 (83/365) – JB's Personal Brain Defragmenter

Psalm 119:145-152

QOPH

145 With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O LORD! I will keep your statutes.

146 I call to you; save me, that I may observe your testimonies.

147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; I hope in your words.

148 My eyes are awake before the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promise.

149 Hear my voice according to your steadfast love; O LORD, according to your justice give me life.

150 They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose; they are far from your law.

151 But you are near, O LORD, and all your commandments are true.

152 Long have I known from your testimonies that you have founded them forever.

As we read, we appreciate the Word of the Lord, IN our circumstances and situations, and AFTER events, after we are saved and rescued. In other words, the Word ministers to us, and we are satisfied and at peace – before, during, and after anything that happens to us, anything that we make happen in this reality.

These Words that come from our Creator are valuable, available to us before the sun rises as much as they are available for us to meditate on ‘before the watches of the night‘, or, I’m assuming, after the sun sets and as darkness sets in. I could be wrong.

The Psalmist cries out, for the Lord to give him life ‘according to His justice’; We’ve talked about the justice of the Lord being ‘the line‘, as mentioned in Isaiah – Justice, in this verse, being the pinnacle of God’s glory; God having absolute power to do according to His will. I gather that we in the body of Christ also have this opportunity and privilege to call on the name of the Lord, and to call for Him to give us life ‘according to His justice‘ …the same way David testifies of the Lord leading us ‘to paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.‘

We are also given life, and we are also heard – The Psalmist writes in the same verse, that according to His steadfast love, his voice and our voice shall be heard. I’m reminded of what we talked about last Sunday, regarding the words of both Gabriel and the Man in Daniel 10, to Daniel; Where they mentioned that as soon as he humbled himself, or at the mention of his first word of prayer, he has both ‘been heard’, and ‘word has come out’. I venture to say that it is according to the steadfast and also everlasting love of our Father that we in the body of Christ can have peace – peace, knowing that we are heard, and God speaks to us. God sends His word to us.

And this is true, regardless of how safe or in danger we are at any given moment. Sure as David says he is fed in the presence of his enemies, so the Lord is also near to us, no matter how those who have evil purposes against us also draw close.

We are confident, because our God, our Lord is close to us.

We are at peace, knowing that in Christ, all God’s promises are fulfilled – and all God’s testimonies have been founded forever.

Indeed, in the presence of danger, or in peace and quiet, we have all the reason to praise and thank God – For He is with us, and He will never leave nor forsake us.

Sorry, I thought I’d have a go at another portion of Psalm 119. Yes, within such a small amount of time.

Do I have anything else to share here? Probably not. There really are four or five other things I should be writing about instead of emptying my mind like this. All the same, I believe this has ministered to me and my entire being… and I hope and pray that, at the very least, the word of the Lord (and not necessarily whatever I have written down here) would minister to you and to all of us mightily – not just today, but this week.

Lord knows I need Him. Lord knows I need His word. In a world full of decisions to make, and in a world full of temptation, I need Him and I need His Word.

That’s right, in a world of temptation, triggered from the outside, or perversely ‘nurtured’ from within, from suggestions that the old, dying flesh has a better idea of what makes me truly happy and satisfied – yes, I truly need Him, and I truly need His word.

And I know, I say ‘I need Him’ as if He isn’t around me, as if He isn’t near me – but, I don’t know, call it creative expression – I just NEED Him. I NEED Jesus Christ. I NEED His Word, ministering to me, my entire mind, body, soul and spirit – I need His Word engulfing me and saturating me, so I am full and secure, efficient and effective, according to every creation made new by Christ and His finished work.

In the regrets of the past, and in the painful journey of acceptance and moving on in the present, I need Jesus.

In the uncertainty of the future, and in the consequently exciting opportunities and options ahead, I need Jesus.

Beyond all that I can ever think or perceive, and beyond my senses and my very limited knowledge… Oh, do I need Jesus.

14 The LORD upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down.

15 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.

16 You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.

17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.

18 The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.

19 He fulfills the desire of those who fear him; he also hears their cry and saves them.

20 The LORD preserves all who love him, but all the wicked he will destroy.

21 My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever.

Psalms 145:14-21