Psalms 119:121
Psalms 119:121-122, “Psa
119:121
The word oppress means to violate, to defraud, to
use violence on. And these verses teach some very interesting and practical
truths about situations where a person is oppressing you.
The first thing that is said is do what is right.
Just because someone else is doing wrong don’t let that influence you to do
wrong. If you do what is right then you will have victory over your oppressors.
You will have victory because you didn’t allow them to influence you to do
wrong. You will have victory because in the end you will have been a testimony
for the gospel of Jesus Christ.
So when
they lie about you don’t lie about them. When they gossip about you don’t
gossip about them. When they threaten and slander you don’t do what they do.
Turn the other cheek. Remember a soft answer turneth away wrath. And remember
vengeance is mine saith the Lord.
To be honest the best thing that you can ever do
for those that oppress you is to pray for them. Pray that they will be saved.
If they get saved then will have a change of heart and a change of ways. Pray
that God helps you to love them.
Psalms 119:121-122, “Psa
119:121
There’s a very interesting phrase here in verse
121 which says leave me not to my enemies. The idea is connected to the first
part of the verse which talks about doing what is right. If you do what is
right God will not let those that oppress you have victory over you. But if you
do what is wrong God may very well use those that are oppressing you to
chastise you. He did it to the nation of
It’s not a good situation to be in, a situation
where God lets your enemies have victory over you because of your sins. Such a
situation is very grievous and results in great suffering and tribulation. 1
John 1:9, “1Jn 1:9 If we confess our
sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us
from all unrighteousness.”
It’s always better to do what is right and if you
sin to confess your sins so that you don’t have to face the chastisement of
God.
Psalms 119:122, “Be surety for thy servant for good: let not
the proud oppress me.” This is an interesting phrase. The word surety
has to do with making a promise a pledge and sometimes it involves the use of
money; like promising to pay someone a certain amount of money. Now the great
promise and pledge that God made is found in Jesus Christ that Jesus would pay
the sin debt.
There are some great verses in the bible that
talk about Jesus paying the debt for our sins.
Romans
1 Corinthians
1 Timothy 2:6, “1Ti
2:6
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.”
Psalms 119:121-122, “Psa
119:121
Notice also that in these verses those who oppose
God’s children are called the proud. Those who oppose God’s children oppose
God. It takes a lot of pride for a weak and sinful human being to think they
are smarter and wiser and stronger than God and to oppose the things that God
is doing and trying to do through His church, His children, His servants. You
would have to be prideful and very blind to not recognize the love and mercy
and compassion and grace and good works God does through Christians and to with
a stubborn will oppose such things.
Sometimes the most prideful people in the world
are the very people who call themselves Christians. Be careful, knowledge
puffeth up. Don’t make the mistake of opposing others just because they
disagree with you.
Psalms 119:23-25 says, “Psa
119:123 Mine eyes fail for thy
salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. Psa 119:124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy
mercy, and teach me thy statutes. Psa 119:125
I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy
testimonies.”
The writer of these verses is expressing his
desire to learn God’s Word. God wants us to know His truth. That is why He
carefully gave and revealed His word over several thousand years. God wants us
to know His Word. That is why He miraculously has preserved His word without
error from generation to generation. God wants us to know His word that is why
He has allowed His word to be spread across the world and translated in to
language after language despite the opposite of powerful governments and of
satanic scholars.
But to know God’s Word takes more than God’s
desire it takes your desire as well. You must have a sincere thirst for the
truth. You must seek the truth. A person who is seeking the truth will not have
a know it all attitude especially when it comes to the Bible. If they are wise,
they will realize they know very little compared to what God knows and compared
to what they could know about God’s Word. There’s a lot of false doctrine out
there. And most Christians fall prey to it. What are the odds that you have not
fallen prey to some false doctrine in your life?
Psalms 119:26, “Psa
119:126 It is time for thee,
LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.”
To make void means to violate. What this verse is
saying is that there comes a point in time when God must and will judge and
punish people for their sins. There is a time and a season for everything.
There is a time to live and to die. There is a time for love and a time for
war. There is a time to repent of sins and there is a time that sin must be
judged.
Many people make the mistake of not understanding
this. God
is merciful. God is patient. God is longsuffering. God gives opportunity after
opportunity for people to repent of their sins. And of course He would. He
loves the world. So what happens is some people look at life and they
misinterpret this continuing opportunity of grace as though all things are
going to just continue the way they are and nothing is going to change. And
that is a great mistake for sinners to make.
There is a great passage in the Bible that talks
about this. It’s in 2 Peter 3:3-9 and it uses several key phrases. It says of
these people that they say “where is the promise of His coming? For since the
fathers fell asleep all things continue as they were from the beginning of the
creation.”
All things continue as they were. This is an
interesting phrase. In fact this phrase sounds a lot like a philosophy, a
teaching, a theory that is very predominate in the world today, the theory of
Evolution. That’s what evolution says, all things continue as they were.
Millions and billions of years have passed and man is slowly evolving and
adapting. The Lord says a short work will He make upon the earth, a short work.
Let’s read this passage 2 Peter 3:3-9 says, “2Pe 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in
the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, 2Pe 3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his
coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were
from the beginning of the creation. 2Pe 3:5
For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the
heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water:
2Pe 3:6 Whereby the world that then was,
being overflowed with water, perished: 2Pe 3:7
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept
in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of
ungodly men. 2Pe 3:8 But, beloved, be
not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a
thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 2Pe 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise,
as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that
any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
If you think you can live your life in sin and
just continue and continue in it and they will not reap as a result the
judgment of God, you’re dead wrong. Psalms 119:26, “Psa
119:126 It is time for thee,
LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.”
It’s a great mystery isn’t it. What makes God
decide in the life of an individual or in the life of a nation that enough is
enough? I think it’s one of the greatest mysteries to understand about God.
Because sometimes we desire to see the judgment of God against sin and it
doesn’t happen. Sometime we desire and pray that God will continue to shed
mercy and grace and instead He decides to judge and to punish. We know that God
is love and that God is merciful. And we know that God judges sin. Perhaps one
day when we get to heaven will explain all those decisions that He made to us
and we will have a better understanding of the gospel.
But the important thing to remember is this. You
never know when you have crossed that final line and gone to far in God’s eyes.
It could be one sin or it could be a thousand sins that result in God deciding
to work a work of judgment. It has happened both ways to human beings. Either
way God is just. Either way God is merciful. Either way God knows and
understands infinitely so much more than we ever will. And so we trust in Him
and we keep a certain fearful looking of firey indignation to admonish us to
not far into sin and to admonish us to be quick to repent of those sins if we
do fail.
Psalms 119:127-131, “Psa
119:127 Therefore I love thy
commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. Psa 119:128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning
all things to be right; and I hate every false way. Psa
119:129 PE. Thy testimonies are
wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. Psa 119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it
giveth understanding unto the simple. Psa 119:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed
for thy commandments.”
These verses start out with the word therefore.
So they are referring back to the previous verse which talks about God judging
sin. These verses are talking about loving, valuing, appreciating the word of
God and how beneficial God’s Word is. I think as we look out at the world
around us and we see how God judges sin and punishes the wicked it helps us to
appreciate and to love His Word more.
The enacting of justice has a good effect on
people. It helps to heal them of their wounds and to encourage them to see the
fairness and Holiness of God. And according to these verses it helps to love
His Word more.
Psalms 119:32, “Psa
119:132 Look thou upon me, and be
merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.”
There are verses in the Bible that talk about how
God remembers. God does think about and remember certain things. For example He
remembers what Jesus did on the cross. There are other things that God remembers
too. He looks back on the past and remembers certain people who had faith in
Him because faith pleases God. He remembers certain people those who really
loved His name with a great love. And I think when He remembers those times
that certain people like Abraham or Noah or Daniel or Joseph or the Apostle
Paul and other people mentioned in the bible, walked the earth it bring Him
great redolence of joy.
So a great prayer to pray to Jesus is Lord give
me the faith of Abraham, test me like Job was tested, or let me serve you in
the gospel the way Paul the Apostle served. These things are special to God.
It works just like it does with a human being.
Some times we meet a person in life who reminds us of someone we knew a long
time ago and maybe that person was someone we loved greatly and we remember the
moments we shared with that. That happens to God too. And I think He responds
to that by shedding His mercy and grace upon such an individual.
You see you can be a typical Christian, an
average Christian or you can strive to be the apple of God’s eye. You can be
someone who reminds God of special times and moments past and people who’s
faith greatly pleased God. You can be someone who greatly moves God with your
prayers and with your life. You can be someone whom God decides to entrust with
His precious gospel
Psalms 17:8 says, “Psa
17:8
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings.”
Song of Solomon 2:3 says, “Son 2:3 As the apple tree among the trees of the
wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with
great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.”
O to be the apple of God’s eye. To be the cream
of the crop. To be the Christian that God looks at among all the Christians of
the world and says That one! That jewel That one is my favorite. I love the way
that one shines and reflects the light and therefore I’m going to come and
fellowship with this person and do great things for them through them. You see God is doing a work in this world
across the plains of Human History. It’s the gospel. Sometimes we get
fascinated with
And as Christians we should desire to be in the
right place at the right time with God eyes focused on us because of our faith
in Him. Habakkuk 1:5 says, “Hab 1:5 Behold ye among the
heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in
your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.”
Don’t you want to be
the one who is that place where God is moving where God is working in
circumstances and in hearts and doing great and glorious things? Don’t you want
to be caught up in the rivers of time as they flow towards Christ. When your in
that place life is different. Life is magical and romantic. Life is a quest and
a journey. And you go through each moment knowing you are very special to God,
the amazing and glorious and majestic Creator of all things. There is no better
place to be than the apple of God’s eye.
And you can be there
if you are not. If you don’t know Jesus Christ as your Saviour you can repent
of your sins and turn to Him for Salvation. He loves you with everlasting love.
He died for you and rose again. Simply trust in him and He will give you
eternal life. Jesus has a great plan for your life. He want’s to do great things
with you’re life things that will done in human history and be remembered for
all eternity.
Psalms 119:32, “Psa
119:132 Look thou upon me, and be
merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.”
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