Reading assignment for the week of April 25th-May 1

Psalm 113-119
Exodus 31-35
John 13-17

May the LORD bless you richly as you read His word this week!




Thy Word!
This week our reading in the book of Psalms will bring us to the longest chapter in the Bible. Psalm 119. Psalm 119 in the Hebrew language is an acrostic poem, with each section containing eight lines and each line in the section beginning with the same Hebrew letter. For example, in Hebrew each line in the first section begins with the letter Aleph, and in the second section every line beings with the letter Beth, and so forth and so on until the end of the twenty second section accounting for each of the letters in the Hebrew Alphabet in order.

This could have made it a sort of ABC book for the children of Israel. It would have been very wise to use it in this way as each line extols the great value of God's word. In fact in the New King James Version of the Bible the Word of God is mentioned in all but four verses, and given the fact that there are 176 verses in this Psalm it is safe to say we have identified the writers theme! The terms that are used to describe God's word in this chapter are words like law, testimonies, precepts statutes, ways, commandments, words, ordinances, judgments and things of this sort. Be sure to let these verses sink in section by section as each one communicates different facets of God's word to our hearts. As we read this chapter this week let us join with the Psalmist and make our request to God, "Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statues, And I shall keep it to the end. Give me understanding, and I shall keep Your law; Indeed, I shall observe it with my whole heart." vs. 33-34 And may the LORD Bless you as you meditate on His Wonderful Word!

Ken Davis