Gimel: I Delight in the Law
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David’s prayer found in this section is a request for help in fathoming the depths of God’s law (Psalm 119:17, 18). He needs the Holy Spirit to illuminate his mind to things beyond his understanding, to open the doors of wisdom, and to shed light on the paths of righteousness. “Such prayers as this the Lord’s servants should be continually offering to him. This prayer reveals a consecration to God of heart and mind; it is the consecration that God is asking us to make.” “The Bible should be studied with prayer. We should pray as did David, ‘Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.’ No man can have insight into the word of God without the illumination of the Holy Spirit. If we will but come into the right position before God, his light will shine upon us in rich, clear rays. This was the experience of the early disciples. . . . “The Lord did not lock the reservoir of heaven after pouring his Spirit upon the early disciples. We, also, may receive of the fullness of his blessing. Heaven is full of the treasures of his grace, and those who come to God in faith may claim all that he has promised. If we do not have his power, it is because of our spiritual lethargy, our indifference, our indolence. Let us come out of this formality and deadness.” “We cannot penetrate the deep things of God with our natural perceptive powers. ‘The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God’ (1 Cor. 2:14). We need to pray that the Lord will take the dimness away from our soul, and that He will grant to us the Holy Spirit, who alone can reveal the things of God to us (1 Cor. 2:10).” We are but strangers here on Earth. Heaven is our home (Hebrews 11:13, 14).
On this earth, we need a chart to guide us.
God’s commandments are that map.
But a map is of no use if it is not consulted.
David meditated on God’s statutes and delighted in His testimonies.
God’s Word was his counselor (Psalm 119:19, 23, 24).
“Open my eyes, that I may see / Glimpses of truth Thou hast for me.”
