Tune My Heart, Episode 45
- Stacy Bishop
- May 30
- 3 min read
Episode 45
Happy Sunday, friend. As you prepare for worship this morning, let’s take a moment of quiet to invite God’s presence into your awareness today.
Today we’re reading Psalm 119:145-160:
ק Qoph
145 I call with all my heart; answer me, Lord,
and I will obey your decrees.
146
I call out to you; save me
and I will keep your statutes.
147 I rise before dawn and cry for help;
I have put my hope in your word.
148 My eyes stay open through the watches of the night,
that I may meditate on your promises.
149 Hear my voice in accordance with your love;
preserve my life, Lord, according to your laws.
150 Those who devise wicked schemes are near,
but they are far from your law.
151 Yet you are near, Lord,
and all your commands are true.
152 Long ago I learned from your statutes
that you established them to last forever.
ר Resh
153 Look on my suffering and deliver me,
for I have not forgotten your law.
154 Defend my cause and redeem me;
preserve my life according to your promise.
155 Salvation is far from the wicked,
for they do not seek out your decrees.
156 Your compassion, Lord, is great;
preserve my life according to your laws.
157 Many are the foes who persecute me,
but I have not turned from your statutes.
158 I look on the faithless with loathing,
for they do not obey your word.
159 See how I love your precepts;
preserve my life, Lord, in accordance with your love.
160 All your words are true;
all your righteous laws are eternal.
You would think after 144 verses that David would have finally stopped talking about God’s laws, right? No, he just keeps going! His value of God’s law, His Word, is great. He knows them, he meditates on them and he believes that God will fulfill the promises He has made.
My small group is studying through a series on prayer. Recently, we talked about how all the big prayers of the Bible aren’t just randomly listing prayer requests to God, but they are people praying God’s promises back to Him. We talked about this in a previous week, but this quote from the Enduring Word commentary about Charles Spurgeon keeps coming back to me:
“Spurgeon said that he often carried with him a small book of God’s promises (Clarke’s Precious Promises), and he turned to specific promises to help him at needful times. Spurgeon said: “But God – let us speak with reverence – when he gives a promise, binds himself with cords of his own making. He binds himself down to such and such a course when he says that such and such a thing shall be. Hence, when you grasp the promise, you get a hold on God.”
David is constantly referring to God’s promises. This is something we can only do if we know the promises of God. If we’re well studied in His Word. If we know the promises, we can pray the promises. And we know He is a God who keeps His promises.
Let’s pray.
God, we thank you for so many promises in scripture. You promise some big things, like giving us a way out of temptations, but none are bigger than the promise of eternal life we have with You because of Jesus. We can have confidence of our life after death here because we know You are faithful to keep Your promises. Thank You for Jesus and for the Holy Spirit, which Jesus promised to send after He ascended to heaven. Your constant care and provision for us is something we could never express enough gratitude for. You are so good to us. It’s in Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.
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