“I obey your precepts and your statutes, for all my ways are known to you.” — Psalm 119:168 (NIV) All you have to do is read Psalm 139, and you will quickly realize how intimately God knows you. The psalmist says that God knows our thoughts before we speak them. There is nowhere we can go […]
03/04/22 Daily Devotion – God’s love does not waiver!
“Hear my voice in accordance with your love; preserve my life, O Lord, according to your laws.” — Psalm 119:149 (NIV) Look at the psalmist’s use of the words “accordance” and “according” in this verse. I find it fascinating and comforting to know that important concepts like God’s love and His providence over my life are […]
03/03/22 Daily Devotion – The question mark has an answer!
“Righteous are you, O Lord, and your laws are right. The statutes you have laid down are righteous; they are fully trustworthy.” — Psalm 119:137–138 (NIV) The psalmist is declaring in these verses that God’s Word is right and trustworthy. This is a significant theme, so significant that Firmly Rooted conducted a number of community talks to […]
03/02/22 Daily Devotion – His word is life!
“Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them. The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. I open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands. Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name. Direct my footsteps according to your […]
03/01/22 Daily Devotion – Discernment comes from the Holy Spirit!
“I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes.” — Psalm 119:125 (NIV) Paul says in 1 Corinthians, “The man without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1 […]
02/28/22 Daily Devotion – We encounter God’s heart in His word!
“My flesh trembles in fear of you; I stand in awe of your laws.” — Psalm 119:120 (NIV) I have been unable to write this devotion for a day now. Every time I thought and planned to sit down to type, the words just seemed inadequate. How does one explain the awesomeness of God? How does […]
02/27/22 Daily Devotion – Let God’s Word guide you!
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.” — Psalm 119:105 (NIV) We finally come to the most well-known verse in the longest psalm and chapter in the Bible. This verse unifies everything that the psalmist is saying about God’s Word in this psalm. Every day we take steps. We […]
02/26/22 Daily Devotion – Let’s be wiser than our enemies!
“Your commands make me wiser than my enemies, for they are ever with me.” — Psalm 119:98 (NIV) How often have you thought of the benefit of being close to the Word of God? Even from a pragmatic perspective, it would be good to be wiser than your enemies. Like the psalmist says, “they are ever […]
02/25/22 Daily Devotion – We must walk by faith — our sight is too deceptive!
“They almost wiped me from the earth, but I have not forsaken your precepts.” — Psalm 119:87 (NIV) One of my favorite memory verses is 2 Corinthians 5:7, “We walk by faith and not by sight.” This is such an essential quality of the Christian faith. There are very few moments in this life when we […]
02/24/22 Daily Devotion – God has provided eternal truths to guide us!
“Your word, O Lord, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.” — Psalm 119:89 (NIV) We can all appreciate the value of a vintage automobile. We are awed by the pyramids in Egypt. We are intrigued by anything that has lasted a long time. We are intrigued by these things because nothing seems to last […]
