September 7, 2025 4:00 am
The psalmist's request for spiritual insight and understanding of God's law is a reminder that true bounty comes from studying and obeying God's inerrant word, rather than seeking earthly riches. He longed to behold wondrous things from the Torah and to demonstrate his delight in God's testimonies, despite facing resistance from leaders who scorned his efforts to obey God. This devotion encourages listeners to prioritize their relationship with God and to worship Him with reverence and truth.
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Yeah. Welcome to the Days of Praise podcast, a daily devotional by the Institute for Creation Research. Bounty from the Word. Deal bountifully with thy servant. that I may live and keep thy word.
Psalm one nineteen seventeen. Materialism Is so prevalent that it is sometimes difficult to not associate words like bounty or blessing with earthly riches. This psalmist wasn't concerned with physical prosperity, but rather that God would reveal to him what his own heart sought, that I may live and keep thy word. He requested spiritual insight, Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. Without hint of greed or self-centered aggrandizement, He only longed to understand the wondrous insights of the Torah, the law.
We lack bounty if we neglect studying God's inerrant word. We often forget that we are strangers in the earth. Once adopted into God's family, Our citizenship is transferred from this earth to God's city. Thus the psalmist begged for God not to hide the commandments from him, because his soul breaketh for the longing he had, in every season, for the judgments of God's Word. He remembered God's swift justice against the cursed who err or wander or stray from the Word, since the princes, the chiefs, leaders of the land resisted his effort to obey God.
Nonetheless, he was determined to demonstrate his delight in the counselors within God's testimonies. Many who claim to be evangelicals today boldly scorn those who trust that every word of God is pure. May God keep us from the fear of men, and embolden our resolve to worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy loving kindness, and for thy truth, for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. If you've enjoyed today's devotional, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. And please rate and review so more listeners can find us.
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