Reading
SAA Notes
Verse 105 is the motto of Scripture Union. It is plain that we must be doers of the Word of God and not hearers only. This New Testament teaching is an Old Testament one.
SJA Notes
* Forever, O LORD, Your word is firmly fixed in the heavens.
“Your faithfulness endures to all generations; you have established the earth, and it stands fast. By your appointment they stand this day, for all things are your servants.”
These are very interesting verses when taken against the rest of the psalm, as they don’t contain any of the words we see throughout (God’s law, testimonies, ways, precepts, statutes, commandments, rules).
They don’t contain the specifics words, but … They speak to the HEAVENS and the EARTH.
We know that by His word God CREATED the heavens and the earth (Genesis ch 1).
God’s word has come forth from Him.
We know that Jesus, God in the Person of the Son, was present with the Father and the Spirit in the beginning (John ch 1). We know that He is God’s word become flesh, so that by Him the heavens and the earth were made, and that He is the energy that SUSTAINS all of creation too (“By your appointment they stand …”).
These verses while not having specific words clearly speak of God’s word.
They point us to Jesus.
* Loving God,
Thank You for the blessed assurance Your people have, that You are God.
Thank You for Your faithfulness that endures to all generations, see in the establishment and standing of creation.
Thank You Lord!
Amen.