Reflecting God – Embrace Holy Living - WordAction - The Foundry Publishing House of Kansas City, Missouri, United States - The Global Church of the Nazarene for Sunday, 19 November 2017 "Staying Healthy" by Renee DeVault - Psalm 119:33-48
Psalm 119:ה (Heh)
33 Teach me, Adonai, the way of your laws;
keeping them will be its own reward for me.
34 Give me understanding; then I will keep your Torah;
I will observe it with all my heart.
35 Guide me on the path of your mitzvot,
for I take pleasure in it.
36 Bend my heart toward your instructions
and not toward selfish gain.
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things;
with your ways, give me life.
38 Fulfill your promise, which you made to your servant,
which you made to those who fear you.
39 Avert the disgrace which I dread,
for your rulings are good.
40 See how I long for your precepts;
in your righteousness, give me life!
ו (Vav)
41 May your grace come to me, Adonai,
your salvation, as you promised;
42 then I will have an answer for those who taunt me;
for I trust in your word.
43 Don’t take away completely my power to speak the truth;
for I put my hope in your rulings;
44 and I will keep your Torah always,
forever and ever.
45 I will go wherever I like,
for I have sought your precepts.
46 I will speak of your instructions even to kings
without being ashamed.
47 I will delight myself in your mitzvot,
which I have loved.
48 I will lift my hands to your mitzvot, which I love;
and I will meditate on your laws.
---If people want to lose weight, they must work out, eat right, and establish a support group for encouragement to eventually achieve their goal. However, if they do not continue to intentionally follow these practices after achieving their goal, they will gain the weight back. The results will not last.
If we want to continually grow in relationship with Christ after He redeems us, we need to know the rules of how to stay healthy. We need to know what is good for us to consume and what exercises we should intentionally do. God gave us these rules in His law. The psalmist understood the importance of the law and he delighted in it. Delight in the law is a natural response to realizing that it is a generous gift from God that allows us to maintain a relationship with Him. It outlines the exercises to help us continually grow in righteousness, separating ourselves farther from who we once were.
Just as people can swear by the latest diet trend because they have personally seen it work, we can swear even before kings of the effectiveness of God’s law when we have implemented it in our own lives.---
Hymn for Today: "Teach Me Thy Way, O Lord" by B. Mansell Ramsey
1. Teach me Your way, O Lord, teach me Your way!
Thought for Today:
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Your guiding grace afford, teach me Your way!
Help me to walk aright, more by faith, less by sight;
lead me with heavenly light, teach me Your way!
2. When I am sad at heart, teach me Your way!
When earthly joys depart, teach me Your way!
In hours of loneliness, in times of dire distress,
in failure or success, teach me Your way!
3. When doubts and fears arise, teach me Your way!
When storm clouds fill the skies, teach me Your way!
Shine through the wind and rain, through sorrow, grief and pain;
make now my pathway plain, teach me Your way!
4. Long as my life shall last, teach me Your way!
Where’er my lot be cast, teach me Your way!
Until the race is run, until the journey’s done,
until the crown is won, teach me Your way!
---Thought for Today:
Don’t be conceited about your own wisdom;
but fear Adonai, and turn from evil.
This will bring health to your body
and give strength to your bones.
(Proverbs 3:7-8)---
Please pray: For the Ruach HaKadosh to empower believers in Mesoamerca generously of their time, talent, and treasure.
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