Psalm 19 - NKJV
Creation Praises God. Do You?
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament shows His handiwork.
2 Day unto day utters speech,
And night unto night reveals knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language
Where their voice is not heard.
4 Their line has gone out through all the earth,
And their words to the end of the world.
In them He has set a tabernacle for the sun,
5 Which is like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
And rejoices like a strong man to run its race.
6 Its rising is from one end of heaven,
And its circuit to the other end;
And there is nothing hidden from its heat.
The Law of the Lord
7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul;
The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple;
8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart;
The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes;
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever;
The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold,
Yea, than much fine gold;
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them Your servant is warned,
And in keeping them there is great reward.
Secret Sins
12 Who can understand his errors?
Cleanse me from secret faults.
13 Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins;
Let them not have dominion over me.
Then I shall be blameless,
And I shall be innocent of great transgression.
The Meditation of my Heart
14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
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All Creation Declares His Glory
Part 1 - All of Creation
Part 2 - The Law of the Lord
Part 3 - Secret Sind
Part 4 - Meditation of My Heart
There are lots of things to think about here today. David said, "My meditation of him shall be sweet." (Psalms 104:34)
That's the way I feel when I read such a rich Psalm as this.
The Psalms help me meditate on the Lord. I muse on the Lord.
Psalms 143:5 "I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands."
First, There Is Creation.
The whole earth is filled with his glory. Creation declares the glory of the Lord.
Maybe that's why here at the shore in New Jersey, when I walk along the shore, when I look at the waves,
when I watch the sandpipers and the seagulls, or look at a sunset like last night's,
I stand it awe of God's creation.
Second, The Law of the Lord.
I love this passage. It is a great portion to memorize. Read it. Read it outloud. Break it into line after line.
Type it out on a sheet of paper, or write it out on a 3x5 card. Every day read it over. Thend carry it with you and
read it every time you go to the bathroom. Let it bathe you. Let it wash over you. The LAW OF THE LORD, the Word of
the Lord cleanses us.
Jesus said, "Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken to you." (John 15:3)
Paul said, "That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word," (Ephesians 5:26)
Third, Secret Sins / Secret Faults
Secrets. It is what we keep to ourselves. It is what is hidden from view. It is what only you see and no one else.
"Confess you faults one to another and pray one for another that you may be healed." (James 5:16)
Secret Sins: We all have them. There are no exceptions. They are heart-sins. They stay inside and like sinister criminals
think that since no one knows, no one gets hurt by them, they are quite harmless. That is about as smart as saying it is
all right to have cancer cells inside, as long as no one sees it, it can do no harm. Sin begets sin.
Sin is a nesting place, a breeding place, for the devil. Paul exhorted us, "Give no place to the devil." (Ephesians 4:27)
Did you ever note the context of that verse? It is right after Paul's reference to being angry and sin not, let not the sun
go down on your anger. -- A scret sin, anger, hidden away from view. Predending it is not there won't make it disappear. Anger
that is supressed is still anger. Overnight anger is sin. Confess it. Expose it. Deal with it or it will deal with you.
Fourth, The Meditation of My Heart
"The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. Who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9)
There is an old computer adage, "Garbage in, garbage out." What you meditate on, what you think, about has an effect on you.
You may not think so, but it does. God says so. "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." () You may look pretty good on
the outside to all the other people in your life, but God looks on the heart. Its what's inside that counts.
Meditation is not just a spiritual exercise. It is not just what you do in your devotions. Meditation is anything you mull over in your mind.
It could be a scene from a book, a movie, a TV show, a conversation you had, a person you coveted or lusted after. Meditation is
a powerful master. You are what you think. And what you think makes you what your really are on the inside.
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