A Look at Psalm 119:72

Psalm 119:72 “The law from your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.”
 

The law from your mouth, or the spoken word - is there anything sweeter than that? There are very few instances in the Bible that have more significance than when God actually spoke to someone. Hearing the spoken Word of God will change any person’s life. Saul of Tarsus was a well-educated man, circumcised on the eight day, from the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews, a Pharisee and a Zealot. However, on the road to Damascus, he saw a light and heard these words, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do” Acts 9:5-6. Those very words changed his life forever. Those very words continued to motivate him for the rest of his life.
 

David said, “The law from your mouth is more precious… than gold.” What would you prefer? Would you prefer an unlimited supply of silver and gold, or access to the presence and words of God? Most of us prove, by our actions, that we prefer silver and gold over God.
 

Our jobs can make tremendous demands on us and yet we sacrifice to keep them. They can take us away from our families for long periods of time. They even keep us from sleep. Our pursuit of silver and gold mandates our lifestyle while Jesus cannot get us to attend church with any regularity. If only we felt like David, that the things of God are more precious than money.
 

Living in obedience to His law is what sharpens our spiritual hearing. Not until we love that which proceeds from His mouth more than we love this world, will we develop David’s kind of obedience to Him. That obedience brings us into a communion with Him. That obedience generates His presence.
 

Take some time to let this verse sink in – chew/meditate on it; express to the Lord your desire to follow His law.

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