A Look at Psalm 119:19

Psalm 119:19 “I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me.”
 

A command is an uttered expression of a will which is to be obeyed. The qualification for receiving or understanding His commands is that we be as strangers on earth. When we were separated from Christ, we were excluded from the covenants of the promise (Ephesians 2:12). We are to live an existence separate from this world’s system. It’s our separation that reveals God’s commands to us. Separation from the world is the key to revelation.
 

Separation from the world is used to describe both sanctification and holiness. Sanctification describes the process; holiness describes the end result. In either case, they are both a separation. When we make ourselves strangers on earth, we are separating ourselves. This becomes the sum total of all revelation.
 

How can God reveal anything about Himself to those who are not separate from the world? However, the separation hurts! To understand healing, one must be separated from good health. In the midst of illness, God can “reveal” divine healing. It cannot be revealed any other way.
 

The only way to understand God as a Provider is to separate ourself from our money. When we give tithes and offerings (even though our banking account or our budget may show that we cannot afford to), we see (experience) God as Provider. Living a separate life in this world enables God to reveal Himself to us.

The more the Church is like the world, the more clouded her revelation of Him becomes. When we become strangers on earth, we become citizens of heaven. When we become citizens of heaven, we are to live an existence that differs from the rest of the world. We are to live our lives according to God’s uttered Will.
 

I encourage you to pray and meditate over this, considering the ways of this world that may still be in you. Then determine before God, that you are going to be a stranger on the earth.

Continued