FAITH CAPSULE: Give self to keeping God’s word for the experience of His blessing.
Psalm 119:1-40
It is possible to be receiving teaching in the word of God and not keep the word because of no understanding. With no doubt, to gain understand in the word of God is the key TO BE DISCIPLINED KEEPING word of God. The Psalmist stated, “Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I shall keep it to the end.” (Psalm 119:33) Without doubt, keeping the word of God is keeping self to God. Keeping the word of God is keeping up with God and not become out of God’s track to arrive at God’s divine assignment.
Keeping God’s word demands keeping self in God diligently. Failure to be keeping self in Him is keeping in own’s way. God told Joshua to keep Him diligently by meditating His word day and night. Word of God is His commands and His word is His precepts to be kept diligently.
Deuteronomy 6:17 buttressed, “You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, His testimonies, and His statutes which He has commanded you.” The word of God is His precepts as stated in Psalm 119:4, “You have commanded us to keep Your precepts diligently.”
With no excuse, Man should know to keep God’s word at His word diligently. It is certain that keeping His word will keep man from failing because God does not fail. God is the only unfailing keeper of man.
Man, that is keeping the Word of God will be near to God which is never far from man by His word. Ask self to know if far or not far from God. To be near to God is the evidence of doing as word of God required. Deuteronomy 30:14 stated, “But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.”
Blessed is encased in keeping His testimonies. Those who seek Him with all heart will have no reason to seek help outside of God. Psalm 119:2, “Blessed are those who keep His testimonies, who seek Him with the whole heart!”
Doubt can delay, it can deny and set man for destruction. However, keeping God ‘s word will keep a believer outside of doubt. Doubt is the evidence of lack of faith. Matthew 14:3, “And immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
David inquired God’s word to receive word of God which kept him not doubt but went as promised by God. 2 Samuel 5:19 recorded, “So David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
Listening to God’s word is the evidence of hearing and hearing God’s word to keep man. Listening to hear word of God should not be when man feels like, but man should give self to listening continually. Romans 10:17, “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
Prayer for today: Ask God for enablement to be waiting on His word.