• Psalm 33:15
  he who fashions the hearts of them all and observes all their deeds.
  
• Psalm 105:45
  that they might keep his statutes and observe his laws. Praise the Lord!
  
• Psalm 106:3
  Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!
  
• Psalm 119:34
  Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
  
• Psalm 119:146
  I call to you; save me, that I may observe your testimonies.

Observe is one of those words that we use as an adjective or a verb.

As an adjective we are the subject of the sentence, a voyeur.

As a verb we become an active participant, those being seen as doing.

Then there are the long term results of our actions which can be viewed in a historical sense. Psalm 105:45 hints at the differences between keeping the law and seeing the results that come from having a proper understanding of the statues and how we keep those statutes.

The final verse hints at God’s covenants and how they have played out in history. In that we become witnesses to how God’s covenants work for those who believe Him by faith and act out our lives by obedience of faith.

It is not just God who watches over us, people observe our lives and some will see us as righteous examples while others will judge us unfairly. We cannot control how others observe us.

We can only control how we observe His statues, His commands, His love for us.

Hebrews 11:6 English Standard Version (ESV) And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Hebrews 4:12 English Standard Version (ESV) For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Did the first century church understand that bone marrow is the blood factory of our bodies? Probably not. God knew and He authored these words that give us deeper understanding than just pieces parts.

We could not live without bone marrow. Certain cancer treatments require bone marrow transplants as a cure. We did not discover that for the longest time, but God always knew because He designed us.

It is so easy to glaze over scriptures with acceptance without coming to a sincere appreciation of everything God has put into motion.

Think about that as we do our bible studies and come to a deeper appreciation of God’s Word, Jesus Christ that dwells in our hearts by faith. This transforms the notion of Christ on the throne of heaven into a living and active part of our lives. His blood shed for us to give us life by faith is our spiritual bone marrow.

Psalm 139:13 English Standard Version (ESV) For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.

God is an active agent in our lives in ways we take for granted and doing so we fail to give Him praise and honor in even the hidden parts that cause us to live by faith. Science has given us a better understanding of how our bodies function all the way down to individual strands of our DNA. God knew all that when He knitted us together with those DNA strands.

We are not an accident of nature.

If we accept that we are not an accident then we should understand the grand design that gives place for God to be an active partner in living by faith in Christ.

It is not a happy accident that God has made Himself known to us. It is a valued part of His grand design.

Those antichrists around us deny the designer.

We honor Him in how we live.