“You are righteous, Lord, and your judgments are just. The decrees you issue are righteous and altogether trustworthy. My anger overwhelms me because my foes forget your words. Your word is completely pure, and your servant loves it. I am insignificant and despised, but I do not forget your precepts. Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your instruction is true. Trouble and distress have overtaken me, but your commands are my delight. Your decrees are righteous forever. Give me understanding, and I will live.”
Psalms 119:137-144 CSB
“Trouble and distress have overtaken me, but your commands are my delight.” Even in times of trouble and stress when I can feel overwhelmed or discouraged, I can look to scripture and find delight. Scripture never changes, never shifts or thinks differently. It is a firm foundation…a rock on which to stand!
That is the opposite of what everything around me feels like when I am shaken by trial or even just relational stress. What confidence I can have in Gods word! Thank you Lord for giving us the Bible and specifically what it is to live for you and not ourselves! There is great joy in knowing you!!!
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