"I rejoice at Thy word, as one that findeth great spoil."
word for law - word; In the previous verse, David address the attacks of his enemies, but then immediately makes reference to his 'awe of Thy word'. In the verse, it is almost like the thought of his heart continues with his love and reference for God's Holy Word. I rejoice at Thy word - the personal testimony of a child of God toward the Word of God; Can you be a child of God and not rejoice in His Word? Again, as I have states previously in other writings, I am not talking about those that have no access nor ability to know the Word. I am talking about those in our day and age and have every opportunity to know the Word. Oh, how precious; how powerful; how mighty is the Word of God that vanquishes our foes, defeats sin, brings us close to Him in knowledge and recorded miracles. 'I rejoice' is the personal account of David. Can you add your estate there as well? Do you rejoice at His Word, at His Presence? Or are you able to go days and weeks without any of His Word? It is all a question that needs to be presented and answered, 'do you rejoice at the Word of God'. Let every Chrsitian answer honestly and reflecting on hwo they make use of their time in it. The great value to my soul is how God has put the desire to know His Word in our my heart, mind and soul. God has put people to lead me, teach me and biographies that have shaped me in devouring the Word of God.
I look back at these Divine moments and know fully my unworthiness to receive the smallest of His mercies, but He has given it to me. I thank God for Mrs. FAzenbaker who was used of God to start me on the path of memorization; I thank my dad, who was used to lead me to start reading it daily and through from cover to cover each year; I thank all the dead saints that set a pattern for me to adopt and follow after. How wonderful is this Word from God! How Divine are these moments as I reflect on them. How much the Word occupies my everyday. Every situation I am able to draw from the Word; promises for need, for sickness; instructions for parenting, witnessing; direction in prayer; Divine knowledge about the times and events. All these things are to be gleaned by all His children. And the only thing I can say to those that refuse to read, memorize and learn from the Word is that they not only miss out on these things that God has bestowed for me, they will have to answer what they did do with their time and energies. For I have found that most of those that say they cannot rejoice in the Word, for they find it to boring, to hard, and other like excuses, that they have given time to worldly things, used their minds to memorzie vanity and occupy minutes in selfish pleasures.
And oh, the high costs of neglect! Many a life, a family, a church has been lost to the ways of the world because of their neglect in rejoicing in the Word of God. Find a peopel rejoicing in the Word, you find a soul at peace and strong in the ways of the lord. Find a people and soul that has no cause to rejoice, see the turmoil, unhappiness, and chaos that rules their life. And all because they have chosen to negelct and reject the Word of God. It is a high price to pay, not only for the here and now; but for the next generation as well. See the damage done, by one generation that abandons the Word of God. As one that findeth great spoil - word study, find; he who has searched for riches, finds it in the Word of God; I can easily tell whether I am talking to a rich man in spiritual things by how much he knows and reveals about his love for the Word. No Word, no riches; A Word, much riches. The ones that adhere to it are those that have found great spoil for every day and all circumstances of life.
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