We began in Psalm 119 today in our Spoken Word Bible Reading Plan. I have also begun covering Psalm 119 in Adult Bible Study at The Spoken Word Church. Psalm 119 is ALL about the Word of God! I invite you to take the challenge to find the Word in every verse! Verses 1-2 are here:
1 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are the undefiled (the upright, truly sincere, and blameless) in the way [of the revealed will of God], who walk (order their conduct and conversation) in the law of the Lord (the whole of God’s revealed will). 2 Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are they who keep His testimonies, and who seek, inquire for and of Him and crave Him with the whole heart.
"Blessed" here is the Hebrew word "`esher", which means: happiness, the state of prosperity that comes when a Superior bestows His favor on someone. The Amplified Bible correctly defines it (above) when it says : Blessed, happy, fortunate, to be envied! God's people, under every Covenant, have been "blessed" by God when they followed His Instructions and did things HIS way! The surrounding nations were in awe of Israel's God and the protection, provision and safety that the people walked in, and sometimes took completely for granted! Many times during the Exodus from Egypt, the people would rebel against Moses. How soon they forgot! Our New Covenant, that was sealed with the blood of Jesus, and is available for every born again believer, provides an even greater level of possible envy to everyone who has not receive Jesus as Lord and Personal Savior! THAT is what our lives SHOULD do! We should walking so in the Blessing of God that people notice the difference, recognize that "we have been with Jesus", and then come to Him, too! Our lives should SHOUT His fame! Let's make it our determined purpose to present Jesus and His Kingdom to the lost in the most enviable way possible! Let YOUR light SHINE! AMEN! Here is Hillsong with an older song called "Shout Your Fame":
Shalom in him!
