Saturday, January 30, 2021
Message, Promise and Call
How I love your teaching, Lord! I study it all day long.
Last week we reflected on our portion as children of God. As we examine stanzas nine through thirteen of Psalm 119, we find God’s gift to us: God’s message, promise and call.
Teth: Inversion, the Concealed Good – God’s plan is one of ideas and lives turned on their heads. Do we see the good concealed in all harm?
Yodh: The Infinite Good – A small suspended point signifies God’s infinite goodness. Can we see this limitless good in the smallest of people and in the smallest places of creation?
Kaph: The Power to Actualize Potential – We are made in God’s image and so we have the potential to embody God’s Word. This is our message: we are constantly called to fulfill the potential planted in us at our inception.
Lamedh: Aspiration, Contemplation of the Heart – Scholars suggest that this letter serves as a symbol of a loving student who seeks to gain wisdom from the sage or teacher and so we too, contemplate the goodness of God’s own heart. This is our message: we are constantly drawn to God’s goodness and insight.
Mem: Fountain of Wisdom – All true wisdom that nourishes and lasts is found in God and so we rely on this wisdom as source and foundation of understanding, counsel and guidance. This is God’s promise: Christ will always be present to us.
When we study God’s word, we encounter God’s message . . . Christ, God Among Us.
When we study God’s word, we are gifted with God’s promise . . . the Spirit, God’s Wisdom Within Us.
When we study God’s word, we give thanks for God’s goodness . . . The Creator, God’s Call to Each of Us.
Tomorrow, A Prayer to Hear God’s Message, Promise and Call.
For a Bible reading plan, click on the image above or go to: http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2013/12/27/a-bible-reading-plan-for-readers/
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