What does God's Word, His Law do for you?

What does God's Word, His Law do for you? This is a good question to ask as it will help us in our study and desire to study it. Here in verses 7-8 we find four descriptions of  God's Word and the resulting benefits that come from it. We should expected to experience each of these as we spend time in His Word, each and every time. 

The first is that the perfect Word will revive our souls. Without the Word regularly put into to us (daily) our soul will begin to loose energy/strength but the daily inflow of the Word will 'super-charge' our lives. 

Second, as we read and study God's Word it will grant to us more wisdom than we had before. This will happen so much that what wisdom we had prior will seem like simple foolishness. 

Third, the Word grants joy to our hearts. As we spend time listening to God, hearing about His loves, standards, and help our spirits will be lifted and as joy fills our hearts we are filled with strength for the new day. 

Lastly, we see that God's Word is to shine out of our eyes so that others can see the difference that it has made within us. As the eyes are the windows to the soul, the only way to get them to shine with the radiance of the Word is to get the Word into our soul. This means more than just reading the Bible. It includes study, meditation and application on a daily basis. Only then will our soul be changed and the light of God's Word will shine through our eyes.

Is God Your Song?

It has been a while since I have written here. I figured when this became a burden and drudgery instead of an overflow of my heart time with God I should take a break. Since my last post many things, both wonderful and challenging have happened. These include 1000's of answers to prayer, dozens of souls saved, people being called into ministry, a new home for my family, a fire in our old home, the birth of my twin sons. Through all of this I have seen God's hand, provision and presence every step of the way.

This brings me to the topic of my post today. It is taken from Psalm 118:14 where it says; "The Lord is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation." This got me wondering. Here we are encouraged to allow God to be two very important things, things that make it possible for us to not only survive but thrive in life. First, we must let God be our strength ... meaning that He is the power behind everything we do. No matter who we are we can all learn to allow God to be more of our power. Second, we need to allow God to be our song ... this the joy or meaning in life, it is the source of passion behind all that we do. What is the passion behind all that we say and do?