GOD'S WORD MAKES US WISE

GOD'S WORD MAKES US WISE

 

GOD'S WORD MAKES US WISE WISER THAN OUR ENEMIES AND WISER THAN ANY TEACHER WHO IGNORES IT. -PSALM 119: 97-104NIV-

VS. 97-104. OH, HOW I LOVE YOUR LAW!  I MEDITATE ON IT ALL DAY LONG, YOUR COMMANDMENTS MAKE ME WISER THAN MY ENEMIES, FOR THEY ARE EVER WITH ME.
I HAVE MORE INSIGHT THAN ALL MY TEACHERS, FOR I MEDITATE ON YOUR STATUES.  I HAVE MORE UNDERSTANDING THAN THE ELDERS, FOR I OBEY YOUR PRECEPTS. I HAVE KEPT MY FEET FROM EVERY EVIL PATH, SO THAT I MIGHT OBEY YOUR WORD. I HAVE NOT DEPARTED FROM YOUR LAWS, FOR YOU YOURSELF HAVE TAUGHT ME. HOW SWEET ARE YOUR WORDS TO MY TASTE SWEETER THAN HONEY, TO MY MOUTH!  I GAIN UNDERSTANDING FROM YOUR PRECEPTS. THEREFORE, I HATE EVERY WRONG PATH.

 

ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, THIS PSALMIST SUGGESTS THAT THESE VERSES WAS ABOUT  EZRA, THE PRIEST.  EZRA 6:14 , 15.)  GOD MADE HIM WISER FOR SEVERAL REASONS  ONE, BECAUSE HE SOUGHT AFTER IT,  TWO, BECAUSE HE WANTED IT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, AND THREE BECAUSE HE ASKED FOR IT.  OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S LAWS IS THE ONLY WAY TO ACHIEVE REAL HAPPINESS AND EZRA KNEW IT ALL TO WELL.   WHAT I GATHER FROM THIS IS WISDOM COMES FROM ALLOWING WHAT GOD TEACHES TO GUIDE US.