Monday, September 7, 2015

A Longing Pant

Psalm 119:129 adds imagery to what we’ve been sharing for a few days now…

Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them. The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.  I open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands.

Imagine panting for God’s word, longing for it with our mouths wide open, standing under it lips parted, drinking it in like the falling rain.

There are good reasons to obey God’s word, if we understand.

They are wonderful.
They give light.
They give understanding to the simple. (they’re not complicated to follow)
They satisfy.

Why is it that this truth is so hard to grasp, and even harder to long for, and pant for?


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