Monday, 11 July 2016

Psalm 119:97-112 - A Nourished Thought

Psalm 119:97-112 (KJV) - A Nourished Thought.

Mem.

97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.

103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.


Nun

105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

106 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.

107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O Lord, according unto thy word.

108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me thy judgments.

109 My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.

110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.

111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.

112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end.

Psalm 119 has its significance in all the other Psalms. And the verses 97-112 are so close to my heart. These verses comes under Mem and Nun which are the Hebrew alphabets.

Mem, represents Water, which we can understand as Flowing Waters and Nun, represents the Seed of Man or the Offspring.

There is a deep meaning that is hidden in this; As like the Flowing Waters from Rains on the Mountain Cliffs into Streams and Streams to Tributaries and Tributaries into Rivers and from Rivers to the Sea and by Evaporation as Clouds and the Clouds by Condensation in the High Cliffs as Rains, as like this cycle, God wants us to digest His Commandments by Listening through Ears because Faith comes by hearing and hearing the Word of God (Commandments of God) (Romans.10:17) and sink them through our Heart and Mind so that they would come out of our Mouth at right time to remind Us what God wants from Us and again the Ears listen and so on the cycle continues. God wants Us, as the Waters from Streams to Rivers take away the Dirt or the Impurities with them (Job.14:19)* into the Sea, so as we also must be Cleansed by His Commandments time and again. Each day we must be drained in the Rain of His Commandments (Deuteronomy.32:2), so that we can reshape ourselves into Smooth Pebbles by the regular Erosion of (Water) the Grace of God into the Image of God. As the Evaporated Water falls as Rain in the High cliffs and return as the Fresh Waters which tastes good so also the Commandments of God are more sweeter than Honey.

* Should not be understood in negative sense.

And Nun, which represents the Offspring, God wants us to remember these Commandments from Generation to Generation (Deuteronomy.6:7) until the End. God wants to be as a Guide to Us through the Light of His Commandments (The Word of God), so that under His guidance we may Walk Upright even in our darkest hour in Faith and in Hope and Sworn to Perform the best. God wants us to remember all His Performances all through the Ages as Testimonies and put our Faith and Hope and walk after His Commandments.

This is the deep spiritual meaning in these verses.

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