People recognize the need for strength to carry on in difficult times. The problem is that there are so many competing voices giving different directions for where to find such strength. The singer of Israel wrote the longest psalm or chapter in the Bible pointing to the only real source of strength.
“My soul melts from heaviness; Strengthen me according to Your word” (119:28).
“It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes. The law of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of coins of gold and silver” (119:71-72).
“Unless Your law had been my delight, I would then have perished in my affliction. I will never forget Your precepts, For by them You have given me life” (119:92-93).
“Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path” (119:105).
“Great peace have those who love Your law, And nothing causes them to stumble” (119:165).
It is no wonder that the very first Psalm pronounced a blessing on the man whose “delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night” (1-2). Daily Bible reading should be the habit of every child of God. The strength it gives is unsurpassed and will sustain the Christian throughout his earthly existence. May God bless us all as we seek to fully implement Christ’s will in our lives.
