Psalm 119:1-16

Welcome to this new blog!  I originally had the devotional blog "Moments With God" at another place online.  Because of some changes there, I have decided to move it here.  This blog will be mostly from some devotional writings I did for my children and grandchildren some years back.  I hope you will find this post and future posts a blessing.  Find the first post below:


"I have hidden Your Word in my heart that I might not sing against you."Psalm 119:11

Reading, studying, and meditating on God's Holy Word is basic to our Christian walk.  We would not think of neglecting food for our bodies, and yet it is sometimes so easy to neglect our Bible reading and prayer life.  It is necessary to read God's Word, however, so that we are able to live our lives for the Lord as we ought.

Meditating on and obedience to God's Word is necessary for our emotional and spiritual well-being. "Blessed are those who whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord,  Blessed are they who keep His statutes and seek Him with all their heart." (Psalm 119:1-2

Blessed means joyful.  It is the happy condition of those who love the Lord and really want to serve Him.  The world will not give lasting joy.  Material possessions will not give us lasting joy.  Our love relationship with the Lord, however, will give us lasting joy.  As we grow in our love for the Lord, our joy also increases.  This is a joy that one can have even in the midst of of problems, disappointments, challenges, and sorrow.  Only in fellowship with the Lord and in our love relationship with the Lord can we have that joy.

We cannot grow in our love relationship with the Lord, however, without studying and reading His Word.  We need to hide God's Word in our hearts.  God's Holy Word keeps us from unnecessary sins. God's Word keeps us on God's path.  The Lord's path is not always the easiest, but it is always the best and most joyful path for us.  God is infinitely wiser than we are.

Furthermore, by hiding God's Word in our hearts we begin to understand the vastness of His love for us.  We begin to understand the number of promises that He has made to us.  We begin to see that He is a faithful God, and we begin to see that His will and timing in our lives is always best.  Psalm 119:14-16 says, "I rejoice in following Your statutes as one rejoices in great riches.  I meditate on Your precepts and consider Your ways.  I delight in Your decrees; I will not neglect Your Word."

There are so many beautiful promises and truths in God's Holy Word that are so directly applicable to our lives!  Some parts of Scripture are more difficult to understand than others, but the writer of this devotional has found some wonderful promises in places of the Bible where one would least expect them.  There is always something new and fresh to be found in the Bible, as we read and seek to apply its truths to our lives each day.  The Lord is so good!

The writer of this devotional has also found it helpful to pray Scripture in her prayers to the Lord. What better way to approach the Lord?  Hiding God's Word in our hearts adds joy and peace to our lives.  God's Word also helps to direct our steps.  We can absolutely count on the truth of every word in Scripture.  Luke in Luke 1:4 said that he wrote the book of Luke and Acts "so that you may know the certainty of things you have been taught."

Let us take our quiet time with the Lord seriously.  Let us dig into God's Word and apply its truths to our lives.  Let us grow in our love of the Lord through our study of His Holy Word.