He expresses the fact of their sweetness, but as he cannot express the degree of their sweetness he cries, "How sweet!" Being God's words they were divinely sweet to God's servant he who put the sweetness into them had prepared the taste of his servant to discern and enjoy it. God's words are many and varied, and the whole of them make up what we call "the word": David ( Ed: The author of Ps 119 is not known for certain although many think it was David) loved them each one, individually, and the whole of them as a whole he tasted an indescribable sweetness in them. Spurgeon comments: He had not only heard the words of God, but fed upon them: they affected his palate as well as his ear. How sweet are Thy words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth (Psalm 119:103, cp Ps 19:10)! John Trapp commenting on the phrase " The law of his God is in his heart" in Ps 37:31 adds: "He hath a Bible in his head, and another in his heart he hath a good treasure within, and there hence bringeth good things." Policy slips and trips, it twists and tacks, and after all is worsted in the long run, but sincerity plods on its plain pathway and reaches the goal." To keep the even tenor of one's way, in such times as these, is given only to those whose hearts are sound towards God, who can, as in the text, call God their God. To love holiness, to have the motives and desires sanctified, to be in one's inmost nature obedient to the Lord - this is the surest method of making the whole run of our life efficient for its great ends, and even for securing the details of it, our steps from any serious mistake. Well might the man's talk be so admirable when his heart was so well stored. Spurgeon comments: "The best thing in the best place, producing the best results. (Joshua 1:8- note)ĭavid, a man after God's own heart writes. This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success. God's instructions to Joshua preparatory to entering the promised land to fight the good fight of faith in order to possess his promised possessions remains a proven "formula for spiritual success" for saints today who like Joshua have been set apart that we might become experiential possessors of our positional possession of every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus The Holy Spirit is like the recall button on a calculator-if you do not put anything in memory in the calculator, the recall button will not bring up any information." ( Analytical Bible Expositor: John)īeloved, let me encourage you to have a healthy spiritual diet and to daily "eat" His Word as if your very (spiritual) life depended on it, because it does! (Mt 4:4, Job 23:12- note, Jer 15:16- note, Ps 119:109- note, etc). However, for the Holy Spirit to prompt your memory, you must have previously stored the Scripture in your memory. When a verse pops into the mind when teaching, preaching, studying or pondering a decision of some sort-it is not your memory that is bringing that text to your mind, but it is the prompting of the Holy Spirit that is doing it. Indeed, the principle in John 14:26 begs the question "How can the Spirit bring to mind Scriptures that we have not previously stored in our mind?"Īs John Butler says "The principle for believers is that the Holy Spirit helps us to remember Scripture and spiritual lessons. While this passage is one that uniquely applied to the disciples, it is applicable in principle to all believers. See Memory Verses by Topic - Precept Austinīefore Jesus left for Calvary, He encouraged His fearful disciples with these words -īut the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you." (Jn 14:26)
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