Psalms 119:89 - The Heart That Goes On

Hidden Treasures of the 119th Psalm.

Oh, it's transition time today. I'm digging in the 119th Psalm. Verse 89 is the first verse in the Lamed section, so it's a good time to think about, like, whoa. Apparently, the hoof is in some way setting up or building the Lamed. And, you know, we've talked about the hoof being this idea, and we just studied all eight verses of desire. You know, as you cup your hand and you ask for a blessing. And this idea of the Hamaka, which is over your head, which has given you this super consciousness of these desires that drive your intelligence to some extent.

And then the whole idea when they would say that their head had to be covered in order to pray, you may have seen that. This gets back to this concept again of the hoof. But one thing I have failed to mention about the hoof is it's a crown. OK, so it's kind of critical when you think about this crown is necessary to make a king.

Right. And so interestingly, if you think about what would tell you more about King David than anything, it seems like you would describe him as a king who loved God with his whole heart. And so after you get this crown, this idea, you know, as we began the with the Yood section, we talked about that being the hand of God, but it's also the spark. Well, once that spark, you know, sets fire to these desires that we're talking about, it builds wholeheartedness. And so the Lamed is the letter that means heart in so many ways. It is also a very absolutely gorgeous.

Well, they're all gorgeous, but in its own way, I've just always been one of my favorite letters because it has so many different wonderful aspects to it, one of which is it's the tallest letter and it's the only letter in the Hebrew alphabet that goes above the line. And the idea is, is that a heart that is wholehearted, that is is reaching for God, that is standing. It's a standing letter reaching for God, which you would do if you had a whole heart. But it also is is a letter that means to teach and to learn. So when you look at the idea of learning, when you learn something, you're then best able to teach it. But by the same token, if you want to learn it, if you are tasked with teaching it, that's a great way to to learn it, just like what we're doing today. And so it's interesting that you would think you would learn in your head. But to some extent, you learn with your heart because heart is where you get this understanding of the Bina. And and so here we have after we get this stuff, the desire of the head comes this whole hearted idea.

And this is setting us up for the next letter, which is the man was unbelievable. So, you know, before we began, I just wanted to talk about the Lamed and these ideas, these concepts that would be so clearly so critical to King David and this whole idea of the hundred nineteen Psalm. And looking at these eight faces of the Lamed. And and so the beautiful thing is today is since it's the first verse, we get the wisdom of the Lamed. And it is one of these fundamental verses in the hundred nineteen Psalm that many people have memorized.

And it almost seems critical to the kingdom of God that that we understand this concept. So the verse reads in English verse eighty nine. Forever, O Lord, thy word is settled in the heaven. That's in the King James Version.

I would probably translate that more forever. O Lord, thy word is standing in heaven because that word that is used is translated settle is way more times referred to as standing. But also it's also a pillar. And so it's kind of neat to think that God's word is a pillar in heaven. But we do know he's standing right there at the right hand of God because, you know, Jesus is the word. And so it's kind of neat to think that his word is standing in heaven. And of course, you know, King David understood this concept. It's it's more than amazing.

But obviously, you know, how does this fit into the Lamed? Well, you might remember that back when we were studying the vav verses it there was a verse that it was the fourth verse, if I'm not mistaken, where it said you have to take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth. And it says, and so I shall keep thy law continually forever and ever.

Well, that forever there is this. And interestingly, he spelled that forever, which is not normally spelled with a llama at the begin beginning. But he did when he when he penned that verse in the vav section. And he did it again here where he puts a llama in front of this concept of forever. And so, you know, you can't help but think of the song from Titanic, which Celine Dion did not did not write the lyrics.

But Will Jennings did. And Will Jennings happened to also be the person that did the lyrics for Tears in Heaven that Aaron Clapton sang and co-wrote with him, actually. But it's it's clear to me that Will Jennings understand some things deeply, because when you look at the lyrics for the heart that goes on, it's it's a fascinating idea that your heart goes on forever, especially if it has his word in it or if, you know, this is the place where we meet with God. And so the eternity, the eternal part of your heart is just absolutely spectacular. And I don't think it's any coincidence at all that that song, you know, was number one and such a huge hit, the heart that goes on. And if you look in the lyrics of that, you know, there's some absolutely beautiful stuff that's written that also goes along with this idea of forever.

Oh, Lord. And it's a neat thing to think that forever. You know, those who love to learn and those who love to teach, we are going to be learning in our hearts and we're going to be teaching in our hearts. And there's this other beautiful aspect of the Lamid. It also means to love.

And so if you love to learn, that doesn't just coincidentally start with that la la, that L sound, because the Lamid, this sound is used for love in so many different ways. And so you say, well, Robbie, how does this apply to my life? Well, you know, this is a critical verse to understand from my perspective that God's story is eternal and that what was written in Revelation was written at the very beginning. What was written in the gospels was written from the very beginning. In other words, his word has been established in heaven and his plan is coming true and it is going to work out. And when you understand really the larger story, the bigger picture that's being played out in this verse, the wisdom of God has this all under control.

It's all part of the plan and all things work together for good. For those who love him are called according to his purpose. In other words, there's no doubt in my mind that Jesus is coming back.

There's no doubt in my mind that his thousand year reign is going to, you know, all these things are happening. And I get to play whatever role it is in helping people to be quickened in his word based on all these verses that we've been learning and praying and thinking about. Right.

And so where does this come, you know, to where the rubber meets the road, so to speak? Well, for me, you know, when I lose my father or when I lost my father two years ago, when I lost my mother three years ago, you know, all of a sudden forever has a really, you know, and the aspect of those that I love are in my heart and they do go on. Right. Like my father is there and he is going to be there and my mother is there and she's going to be there and we are all going to be.

And so, you know, when you're at your point of like, wow, this just isn't it just looks like all is bleak, all is going, you know, how in the world can this all work out? Well, it's pretty cool to look back in our heart and think that how important it is that we have this foundational verse in our heart. Right. Forever, oh, Lord, thy word stands in the heavens forever. And with that, we know that that this is all coming together. And the really neat thing from our perspective is those of you are listening and loving and learning this right now. You know, someday we'll be in heaven.

We'll talk about how cool it is that there is right there is standing. I mean, and we knew it. We knew it all. And it's a beautiful thing that God quickened us. Right. As is the last verse we talked about in loving kindness that we can get to this point. Right. Of of truly having love of learning, loving, of teaching and loving God is where as we start out in these verses. They're so absolutely beautiful in the Lamid section of the hundred nineteen Psalm.