Psalm 119:1-6 English Standard Version

Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet

Aleph

1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!

2 Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,

3 who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!

4 You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.

5 Oh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!

6 Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.

Aleph is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It is nearly soundless itself and best represented by the smooth breathing. (International Bible Encyclopedia)

These six lines of verse are the beginning verses of the bible’s longest chapter. There is so much to learn from Psalm 119 but for today let us concentrate on these six.

1 Blessed are those who walk with the Lord.

2 They seek the Lord with their whole heart.

3 Do not focus on right or wrong, walk where He leads.

4 Be diligent not to step off the path He walks, following in His steps.

5 Hope that every step is taken without fear of failure.

6 Keep an eye on the prize.

Sometimes we can look around us and see that no one else is on the path with us. By no one I mean human companions, brothers and sisters in Christ. A sense of doubt may arise in our soul if we find ourselves alone on a Walk with Christ. That does not mean we are alone.

Some of us are chosen to walk a path which is His will for us and not of our own choosing. We might choose another path if it were not for one important detail. We sought our Lord with our whole heart and we know He is leading us. 

We also might know where He is leading us. That might not be something we want for ourselves. This is where steadfastness comes into play. Who we are in Christ cannot live with ourselves if we turn back.

When we walk with the Lord in His will for us, we need not fear what will happen. We might not like it, which is the flesh complaining, but our resolve must be to see things through to some conclusion to avoid the shame that will follow us if we quit.

2 Corinthians 4:16 English Standard Version (ESV) So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day.

1 Corinthians 2:10-11 English Standard Version 

10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

Revelation is a disclosure of truth, instruction, concerning divine things before unknown — especially those relating to the Christian salvation — given to the soul by God himself, or by the ascended Christ, especially through the operation of the Holy Spirit, and so to be distinguished from other methods of instruction; (source BLB.ORG)

Key in this definition are these words “distinguished from other methods of instruction”.

John 6:63 English Standard Version (ESV) It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

The flesh is no help at all. Our flesh cannot reveal Christ in us to us. He is revealed by the Holy Spirit in us. We have to read His Word with eyes of flesh and we commend our understanding to a mind that is flesh but when we meditate on the word, when our thinking gets it right, the Holy Spirit in us testifies with a “Yes and Amen”.

That yes and amen is heard in the spirit by faith. 

Romans 10:17 English Standard Version (ESV) So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

That is when faith in us agrees with faith in Christ. That is being like minded, having the mind of Christ.