Psalm 119:47
…for I find delight in your commandments which I love. Psalm 119:47
Hear the Psalmist speaks to God directly about his delight and love for God’s Word. Imagine the Psalmist down and depressed. On a day when the Psalmist lacks material comfort and provision. On a day when the Psalmist just got slandered on social media.
“…for I find my delight” There is a clinginess that the Psalmist is communicating. He does not find “delight,” he finds “my delight.” He owns the delight. He finds the delight that is personal to him on that day.
“…in your commandments…” Where does this delight come from? The Psalmist finds his delight in the ways of God, in His truth, commands, testimonies, statutes, laws, promises, words, and precepts.
“…which I love.” The Psalmist loves God’s commandments, and he loves that he delights in them. In his lack of material comfort and provision, when his social media presence takes a hit, he can recognize delight in the things that he loves, God’s commands.
In our suffering, we need hope. More than a cure, an answer, or a fix; we need hope. And we need our hope rightly aligned with the one who provides earnest hope. We have all experienced false hope which is especially disappointing amid suffering. False hope always over-promises and under-delivers.
What we need is the earnest hope of the gospel. The truth that leads us towards redemption and eternal glory. We need to be able to lift our eyes off ourselves and onto the one from whom our help comes.
I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1-2
The Bible teaches that our suffering has a purpose. One purpose of suffering is to point us to the one that can bring us true delight. Suffering points us to search for our true source of help. Suffering also points us to our need for a Savior. If we did not suffer or if we could fix all our problems on our own, we would begin to think highly of ourselves. Suffering brings us to the end of ourselves and requires us to look to the God of all our comfort (2 Corinthians 1:3-7).
May your hope be rightly aligned with the gospel. If you are struggling and question the direction your hope is coming from, Burke Care would love to hear your story. Please consider talking with the Burke Care team soon.
O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forevermore. Psalm 131
Application Questions:
What streams am I drinking from? What voices am I listening to?
Am I finding myself saying, when I graduate… when I meet the right person… when I get a better job…
What would it take to push all my chips in for God and let Him author my story?
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