A Look at Psalm 119:94
Knowing God's precepts enables us to not fear
Psalm 119:94 “Save me, for I am yours; I have sought out Your precepts.”
I am Yours. That is a term of endearment. I am Yours, O Lord. The one who can say this never needs to fear again. In all trials, temptations, dangers, afflictions, persecutions, I am Yours. Is there anything we can face that is bigger than our God? If we are His what can the enemy do to us? Save me for I am Yours.
In the previous verse, we saw how the precepts of God can bring spiritual life. In this verse, we see them affecting our physical life. Because we are His, we have the spiritual quickening to search out His precepts. David sought out the precepts of God. It is God’s instruction to us that literally saves our lives from physical dangers.
“It is the glory of God to conceal a matter; to search out a matter is the glory of kings” Proverbs 25:2. It is to God’s glory to hide a matter and ours to search it out. Searching out the precepts of God brings us into more obedience to Him and greater maturity. Wouldn’t school have been much easier if the teachers would have simply told us all the answers instead of making us search them out? Where would we be today if we never had learned the benefit of searching out a matter? How would you feel about having a brain surgeon work on you if she had never been required to search out the matter of brain surgery?
It’s what we know about the precepts of God through our searching that enables us to live free of fear of our enemies. When we discover something through our own search, that information becomes a part of us. It is quite different from the information we gain through others informing us.
Now let me encourage you to take some time to meditate on this verse; as you do, ask yourself if you are really a searcher of it you are content with gaining other people’s knowledge.
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