Have you ever woke up with a song in your head, repeating over and over again? I have, and it is really annoying, especially when it is a song you don't even like, and even if it is one you do like, you have to do mental warfare just to get it out. That is how my morning started out, but, praise God, not for long. I turned on my praise music, it was soon gone, replaced with worship and my thoughts of God's faithfulness.
I was out doing my barn chores, and, as I listened, and looked up at the morning sky, the verse 'the entrance of Thy words giveth light ...," popped into my head, and I reflected on that as i finished up and knew this was going to be a verse for me for the day. ?:-)
So, I thought I would share it with you on another of my photos and a little word study. When I looked up the verse, and began to dig a little, I found, as usual, a couple of interesting thoughts...
Psa 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light (or); it giveth understanding unto the simple.
The word 'light' comes from the Hebrew word 'or', meaning '...to be (causatively make) luminous (literally and metaphorically): - break of day, glorious, kindle, (be, en-, give, show) light (-en, -ened), set on fire, shine.
Additionally, the word 'understanding' comes from the Hebrew word "bı̂yn" (bene) which means: to separate mentally (or distinguish), that is, (generally) understand: - attend, consider, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, perceive, be prudent, regard.
And the word "simple" comes from the Hebrew word(s) pethı̂y;pethı̂y;pethâ'ı̂y
(peth-ee', peh'-thee, peth-aw-ee' which mean silly (that is, seducible): - foolish. This comes from a root word "pâthâh" (paw-thaw', which is a primitive root meaning 'to open, that is, be (causatively make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively make) simple or (in a sinister way) delude: - allure, deceive, enlarge, entice, flatter, persuade, silly (one).
With the warnings in the Bible about deception in the last days, and some recent concerns over false teachers, prophets, etc.., I believe the Lord was showing me this morning the power of soaking up His Word. One of my prayers, not just for myself, but for the entire body of Christ, has been for wisdom and discernment in these last days. Jesus said 'If you continue in my Word, then are you my disciples (students) indeed; and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free'. That confirms what, I believe, the Lord was telling me this morning ... 'Thy Word ... gives light, even to those easily deceived (all of us), to make us wise, and as we continue in it, grow in true freedom, free from deception and foolishness.
In closing, who, or what, are we going to 'surrender' to today? The choice is simple: Jesus, and soak up His Word, or the world, and the voices that would deceive, confuse, and entice for more of things that have no life, no light. I will choose Jesus!
For those who say 'that is easy for those who have time to say... we don't all have all day to just read the Bible ...', I would just have to say, it is NOT quantity necessarily... but quality. This rather lengthy post just came from one verse of scripture ... okay two verses, including the one from John, but the point is... whether it is a verse, a chapter, a book ... soak up that Word, chew on it, do not let it depart, and see what kind of light it brings in.
