Each and every day, we all need at least a few moments to step back, and take a deep breath, and remember Who God Is, and to meditate on His Word…and to remember that God is Truth, God’s Word is Truth, and that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life and also The Word made flesh. That just as Psalm 23 teaches us to ask God for “our daily bread,” we also remember that The Daily Bread is Jesus as we read in John 6:35, “And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst“. The more we read and meditate on God’s Word the Bible, the more and more The Word, Jesus, becomes a Living part of us.
Remember when Jesus broke the bread at the last supper (1 Corinthians 11:24), how Jesus clearly identified the physical bread with Himself. While that bread was instituted by Jesus as an earthly sacrament of remembrance, we know that Jesus is intimately identified with, and as, the Spiritual Bread, the Word (as found in the Bible). Therefore when we read the Bible, we are being Spiritually fed by Jesus.
In another post in this bereansearching blog, Psalm 119 is discussed in terms of “Discernment.” It was mentioned that there are several similarities with Psalm 19. Please take a moment to read and reflect on this short, but extremely rich and fulfilling morsel of that Bread of Life:
Psalm 19
1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.
2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
4 Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.
12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.
13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.
Psalm 19 can be viewed as a reflection and encapsulation of the whole Bible…much as we can see in Psalm 119
A useful companion study guide can be found at:http://www.shadowmountain.org/content/htmlimages/public/documents/general/smallgroups/2013sermonnotes/sermonnotes_131201.pdf
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