Good Morning Everyone,
Our theme for this month: “Worry”
Our Bible verse for today: “Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.” Psalm 119:165 (NIV)
Our thought for today: “Take comfort in God and in His promises.”
I love reading the Bible and therefore I have always loved Psalm 119. Psalm 119 is a wonderful testimony to the beauty, the power, and the value of studying, applying, and obeying God’s Word. For 176 verses it calls us to read the Bible and to live by it.
However, as I was reading it again this morning it dawned on me for the first time that the last half of the Psalm is also a great exhortation against worry. Here’s just a sampling of what the Psalmist had to say about that:
Verse 76: “May your unfailing love be my comfort …”
Verse 105: “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.”
Verse 114: “You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.”
Verse 143: “Trouble and distress have come upon me, but your commands are my delight.”
Verse 147: “I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word.”
Verse 153: “Look upon my suffering and deliver me, for I have not forgotten your law.
Verse 157: “Many are the foes who persecute me, but I have not turned from your statutes.”
Verse 165: “Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble.”
Verse 173: “May your hand be ready to help me, for I have not forgotten your precepts.”
Those are just a few of the many verses in this Psalm which remind us that we don’t need to worry. Instead we can look to God for comfort, strength, refuge, guidance, hope, and peace.
If there are things in your world which have you worried today, I encourage you to trust in God and in His ways; take comfort in His Word and in His promises.
God Bless,
Pastor Jim
Oak Hill Baptist Church 