Psalm 119:41-48 From Promise to Praise

119:41-43 What God promises. The psalmist highlights three ways in which God’s word gives us strength and encouragement: promises, trust, and hope. When we call on our Lord in faith, when we take His words seriously, treasuring all that He has said for us, then we grow in the faith and are able to navigate life with Christian maturity. 119:44-48 How the faithful respond. God’s words aren’t meant simply to inform us, however; rather, they are a call to faith-filled living. Because God has promised, therefore we can hold to His words and ways with confidence. What’s more, the psalmist’s example in these verses is a challenge for us: do we believe and live in these ways? If not, the call is for us to pray and trust the Lord to provide what we lack! The Point: God’s certain promises call for us to respond faithfully. We need to see – repeatedly – until we believe whole-heartedly. We’ll know that we believe when we begin to increasingly act in ways that look like walking by faith. Prayer: Lord, make us to be “rememberers” of your words. Help us to know what you have said so that we would believe, and believe to such an extent that we respond in how we live and think and hope. Thank you for giving us the scriptures so that we would better know you! Application: What’s your plan for seeing and remembering God’s laws? When will you spend time in prayer asking Him to continue the work in you that He’s already begun?