May 7, 2024

Passage Read: Psalm 144-147
Meditation Verses: 147:19-20

Thought

The Lord taught Israel about Himself. He chose Israel to teach of His ways. There was no other nation that received such a gift. And it should be seen as a privilege, one not to be wasted. God didn't speak to the Israelites in order that they would put His book in a glass case and marvel that He spoke to them. He spoke to them that they might diligently read and obey what He had revealed, so that they would know Him as He truly is, and learn to be His people, people who live and walk like He walks.

Application

The fact that I too now have access to the thoughts and instructions and deeds of the Lord is not something I should take lightly. The God of all creation wants me to know Him; I need to receive it as God intended, an instruction manual that teachers me who God is and who He wants me to be. I will never know it so well that I don't need to read it anymore, not until I stand before Him face to face. This book is more valuable than all the books of men combined. But it's not something to be preserved under glass, but something to be worn out with reading and study and application.