Well, a very good evening, one and all.
I hope you are well.
Why don't you turn back to Psalm 119 and the passage that Michael read for us.
And that handout as well, if you have it, is going to be, hopefully, extremely helpful
to you in following along this evening.
But why don't we pause just for a second, just for a minute or so, and let's just pray
as we come to God's Word together.
Let's pray.
Our Father in heaven, we thank you that we've been singing that you are the unchanging
God.
We praise you for the great love that you have shown on us, shown us that you continue to
lavish upon us.
And Father, it's our prayer now as we turn to your Word, that you would send your Spirit
and in the words of this Psalmist that you would give us understanding, that we might
obey and love your Word with all our hearts.
And this is our prayer made confidently to you in the name of Jesus Christ.
Amen.
So what is the nicest thing that you have ever tasted?
Have you got it?
So there's imaginations here.
You close your eyes and picture that thing.
Picture the smells.
Picture the plate.
Picture the sounds.
Picture the surroundings.
Picture the ambiance.
And you're tasting it.
And it's succulent.
It's lovely.
Now open your eyes again.
Now look to the person sitting next to you.
What words would you use to describe how that tasted to them?
How would you convey the beauty?
And I gave you that word succulent there.
It's my word of the week.
How would you use the words to convey to them how it tasted?
Now I was reading this week about food reviews.
And apparently the trick to a good food review is to use descriptive language that gets people
both to step into your shoes and to step into your mouth.
Now here's an example of how that works.
This is influential American food critic Mimi Sheraton, who's based in New York.
And here she is describing her love affair with caviar.
She says this.
It is now odd to think that when I, when as a child I tasted caviar, it seemed horrible.
All that oil fishiness popping on the tongue.
And then one day when I was about 20, I tried it again and couldn't believe that I had not loved it at first taste.
What seemed fishy, suddenly I perceived as having an alluring deep sea flavor with a silky gliding texture
and a tintillating tongue curling edge of ripe earthiness that spoke to me of endurance, quality and development.
Now I'll be honest, I don't have a clue about what half the words in that mean.
I have never tasted caviar in my life.
I always think caviar belongs less on my palate and more like somebody who should be playing center forward for hearts.
But having read that review, I really fancy a bit of caviar.
But they'll just need to deep fry it first and I'm all over it.
But let me ask you this evening, here's the question.
How does God's word, how does it taste to you?
How does it taste?
You know, that's the question that we're going to ask of Mr. Sam 119 this morning.
Last week we asked him what he believed about God's words.
And he told us that he rejoices in the truth that God's words is God's words.
That God has made himself known by his words.
And Mr. Sam 119 knows them to be so utterly trustworthy.
He can trust God's words because they are true words.
I'll get the slide up here, you need to see this.
There it is.
He trusts God's words because they are true words.
They are thoroughly good words.
And Mr. Sam 119, he's got the pulpit again this week.
And his question that we're going to ask him is, having heard what he believes about God's words,
we want to know how he feels about God's words.
And here's what he's going to tell us.
It is hands down the sweetest thing that he's ever tasted.
We're going to encounter tonight a man who is so ravished by beauty.
He absolutely loves God's words.
He loves it.
And because he loves it, he can't get enough of it.
And because he can't get enough of it, he wants more of it.
And he wants more of it for the pure and simple reason that he needs it.
In other words, God's words is the most delightful, the most desirable and the most dependable words in his life.
And here's what we need to see this evening.
What Mr. Sam 119 knows to be true about God's word, what he told us last week, it doesn't remain in his head.
But it impacts his heart.
You see, information leads to transformation and affection.
That light to his mind has led to heat in his heart.
In other words, God's word moves him.
And where he is, brothers and sisters, that's where I want to be.
You know, I found myself this week, I don't know if you've been reading it through this week.
I found myself as I've been reading it, not so much uttering an amen, but uttering a maybe.
And the thing is, I want his confession to be my confession.
Because when I read what he's writing, I feel massively shown up.
And what we're going to see, Mr. Sam 119, testify to us this evening,
that's where I want to be in my affection for the Lord and his word.
And so I would invite you, as I invite myself, to sit under this word this evening,
to hear what he's saying to us, and allow God's word by God's spirit to challenge us and change us.
As we see his love affair with God's word.
Here's his first exclamation from these verses.
He delights in God's words.
Now we're going to ask him what I asked you at the beginning.
How does God's word taste to him?
How does it taste?
And here's what he's going to say.
Verse 103.
How sweet are your words to my taste?
Sweeter than honey to my mouth.
Now I'm a dentist's son.
And so naturally I've got a sweet tooth.
And I remember very well the first time I was ever presented with a small spoon
to my palate filled with condensed milk.
And it blew my taste buds into oblivion with its sweetness.
And the psalmist is saying that God's word is like honey.
It's the sweetest thing he can imagine on his lips.
Is it as sweet as honey?
No.
It's sweeter than honey.
Oh, it's so much sweeter than honey.
It's the best thing he can think of to describe what it tastes like on his lips.
Do you see here a deep yearning that he possesses?
A longing after.
A hungering for.
A thirsting for God's word.
Now he's going to use that word delight seven times throughout this psalm.
What an incredible thing to say.
And I guess the question that's screaming at us this evening is, is that as we come to God's word each day,
as we come to read it, is that how it tastes to us?
You know, when I first moved to Edinburgh, I used to live with a good friend of mine.
And he used to have for his tea every single night, emphasis on the word every,
and on the word single, and on the word night.
Every single night, a microwaved baked potato.
Quick, dry, bland, boring, repetitive, zero taste.
Not something to be enjoyed, but something just to fill a hole.
Friends, is God's word, if you had to describe the taste,
is it less honey, and is it more microwave baked potato?
Is reading it, is encountering it, is it way more about duty than it is about delight?
Does the thought of reading it, does it brew in you more frustration than it does affection?
And so as we read, as we encounter the psalmist's affectionate exclamation here,
the question that I'm asking my head, as I look at my own heart, is how has he got there?
Because that's where I want to be.
Well, if that's your question, look at verse 97.
What is he saying?
He says this,
Now you might have noticed it as you've read through it there.
Twice in these verses alone, he uses that word meditate.
And indeed, he uses that word seven times throughout this psalm.
The same amount of times that he uses the word delight,
he uses the word meditate.
I'll let you draw any conclusions that you want from that.
Now, what we need to understand is that that isn't accidental repetition.
That is not evidence of a limited vocabulary.
That is affectionate emphasis.
He meditates on God's word.
Meditates.
It's a beautifully biblical word,
but it's a word that our society has hijacked.
It's not just Eastern religions at the other side of the world
that are talking to us about meditating.
It's yoga classes and Pilates classes
at the other side of our streets
that are talking to us about meditating.
What does it mean?
Well, Christopher Ash,
who has so helped me see the beauty of this psalm,
he comments that the biblical idea of meditating
isn't so much about putting your mind in neutral.
It's actually about putting your mind in gear.
It's not about emptying your mind out.
It's about filling your mind up.
It's not a technique with rules,
but it's a relationship with living dynamics.
The word meditate,
the Hebrew word here,
is to chew something over.
So the psalmist is saying
that he's spending quality time reading God's words.
He's chewing it
and he's swallowing it.
He's chewing it
and he's swallowing it again.
Brothers and sisters, join with me, okay?
Let's chew it.
He chews it
and he swallows it.
He chews it
and he swallows it.
He marinates himself in God's words.
He considers it.
He ponders it.
He examines it.
He exposes himself to it.
And this isn't some kind of fleeting glance
that he gives God's words.
This is a fixed gaze.
Now, how often does he do this?
All day long.
Now, let me ask you this evening,
knowing my own heart in this area,
how much of your day do you spend
meditating on God's words?
What would your teeth be like,
the state of your teeth,
if we chewed on this every day?
And can I draw the conclusion,
again knowing my own heart,
is it any wonder
that our affections for the Lord
are sometimes stale and lukewarm
when we go sometimes days
without reading God's words?
Are we cultivating,
are we creating space
in our days for God's words?
Now, when I used to live down in Bristol,
I encountered many people there
who told me about this great man
called George Muller.
Some of you might have heard of him.
A great Christian evangelist
and director of the Ashley Down Orphanage
in Bristol,
just around the corner
from where I used to live.
They've named a street after him.
It's said that he cared for,
in his lifetime,
10,024 orphans.
And people asked him
the secret to how he was able
to keep going
in the busyness of his life.
And he said this.
He said,
the first great and primary business
to which I ought to attend every day
was to have my soul
happy in the Lord.
The first thing
in my day
to be concerned about
was not how much
I might serve the Lord,
but how I might get my soul
into a happy state
and how my inner man
might be nourished.
Isn't that a wonderful thing to say?
How insightful.
Delight in the Lord.
Are we making time in our day
to be happy in the Lord?
As Corrie Ten Boom famously said,
do we make an appointment
with God
and do we keep it?
And that's the example
that Jesus sets for us as well
as we read the Gospels.
It always amazes me
as I read them through
the question
that people so often
ask Jesus
and say about him
is,
where does this man
get his understanding from?
You'll find an example of that
in Matthew 13.
Where does this man
get his understanding from?
Here's what we need to see.
That our Lord
didn't download it
from heaven's archives.
He learned it.
He devoted himself to it.
Jesus got his wisdom
from the word of God.
He delighted in it completely
and on it
he meditated day and night.
He is the true
Sam one man.
You see the thing is
God won't love us
more or less
based on whether
we've had a quiet time
each day or not.
And we need to be
very careful
that we get our thinking
right on that one.
We are saved by grace alone.
But,
but,
as we encounter
God in his word
and as his spirit
speaks to us
through it
and reveals to us
how much God
loves us
to the length
that he's gone
to achieve our salvation.
Friends,
how can we not
love God more?
How can we not
love God more?
Mr. Sam 119
he delights
in God's word.
He chews it over
all day long.
And naturally
as it tastes so good
he wants more of it.
He desires it.
And he tells us
why he desires it.
Look at verses 98 to 100.
He says this,
Your commands
are always with me
and make me wiser
than my enemies.
I have more insight
than all my teachers
for I meditate
on your statues.
I have more understanding
than the elders
for I obey
your precepts.
Do you see
what he's saying there?
He's saying that
God's word
makes him wiser
than the world
around about him.
It gives him
more wisdom,
more insight,
more understanding
than those people
that he's living with.
And how can it do that?
The answer is
the source of it.
Where it comes from.
Mr. Sam 119
what does he do?
He lifts his eyes up
and he contemplates
the source
of this word.
Verses 80, 90, 91
he says this,
Your word Lord
is eternal.
It stands firm
in the heavens.
Your faithfulness
continues
through all generations.
You established
the earth
and it endures.
Your laws
endure to this day
for all things
serve you.
So do you see
what he's doing here?
His eyes
are looking
upwards.
He's taking stock
of the skies
that God's word
originates
in eternity past.
That God's word
established
the world.
And God's word
will not be moved
or grow powerless.
It is
timelessly
perfect.
One of you know
that feeling
when you find
an old photo
of yourself
from many,
many years ago.
Maybe with a
meticulous comb over.
I dare say that's true
of a lot of gentlemen
in here.
Or a groovy set
of ripped jeans.
What's the thing
that you always
think to yourself
and say to those
who are looking
at the photo
with you?
What was I thinking?
And then you think
about how you used
to think
ten years ago.
And what do you
say to yourself?
What was I thinking?
Here's what the
psalmist is saying.
God's word
unlike us
is never going
to change.
It does not
change
with the seasons
like we do.
It is eternal.
It endures
to this day.
It is perfect.
And so what he does
he does a really
simple maths equation.
His logic
is that
the eternal
powerful
and established
word from heaven
what it says
is able to make
him more wise
in life
than the finite
voices of the earth
and the people
round about him.
This wisdom
God's wisdom
is never going
out of date.
The psalmist
sees this
as wisdom
and thousands
of years later
people still
see this
as wisdom.
You wouldn't
be sitting
here today
if that wasn't
the case.
That is one
of the things
that convinced
me that this
is true
that this
is timeless
truth.
Because people
are looking
to this
for wisdom.
And guess
what?
People in the
future will
look to this
as wisdom.
Why?
Because it's
God's eternal
words.
There's never
coming a day
when this
is not
wisdom.
C.S. Lewis
put it
beautifully
when he
said,
anything
that isn't
eternal
is eternally
out of date.
Let me ask
you this
evening,
where are
you looking
for your
wisdom?
Who are
you looking
to for
your wisdom
and your
understanding?
Are you
looking in?
Are you
looking into
the hero
inside yourself
as M people
so wonderfully
sang?
God's word
will tell us
the folly
of that,
the foolishness
of trusting
in the
deceitfulness
of our
own hearts
to guide
us through
life?
That the
way of
man is
not to
be found
within
himself?
Are you
looking in?
Are you
looking out
to the
world out
there,
to people's
opinions and
logic and
interpretation?
Now don't
hear me wrong,
there's a lot
we can learn
from the
world outside,
but we need
to understand
that it is
finite and
fallen.
or are
you looking
up to
the one
who created
the world
in wisdom?
Do you see
what the
psalmist is
doing?
He is
looking up
to the
heavens,
the heavens
that declare
to him
the glory
of God,
the sky
that declares
to him
God's
handiwork,
the stars
that are
singing to
him that
the God
that made
them and
the God
that made
him is
incredible.
And as
he looks
up,
he looks
down.
He looks
down to
God's
words that
he has
in his
hand.
The God
who threw
stars into
existence has
spoken to
him and so
he's taken
his chances
with this
wisdom.
Friends,
are you
looking to
the creator
for your
wisdom?
Or are
you looking
to the
creature?
I know
in my own
heart how
easily I'm
deceived into
thinking that a
better life
a better
joy,
a better
wisdom is
found out
with God's
words.
And the
truth that we
need to
understand here
is that God's
ways,
God's ways
are so much
higher than
our ways.
That God's
wisdom is so
far above and
so much better
than the wisdom
of the world.
And how is
God's wisdom so
supremely seen?
It's seen at the
cross.
Paul,
writing to the
Corinthians,
he says this,
Jews demand
signs and
Greeks look
for wisdom.
But we
preach Christ
crucified,
a stumbling
block to
Jews and
foolishness to
Gentiles,
but to those
whom God has
called,
both Jews and
Greeks,
Christ,
the power of
God and the
wisdom of
God.
For the
foolishness of
God is wiser
than human
wisdom and
the weakness
of God is
stronger than
human strength.
Just pause for a
second and take
that in.
one of the TV
shows that Alex and
I love to watch
is Dragon's Den.
Don't know if we
have any Dragon's
Den fans out
there.
There's a place
that you will see
the world's wisdom
on full display.
And there is some
very impressive
stuff in there.
We're watching it
yesterday and there's
a couple of
gentlemen on who
have invented a
flat pack that you
can build in under
two minutes.
They fully made a
wardrobe in less
than two minutes.
That is impressive.
And I'm watching
this the other night
and I'm thinking to
myself, I wonder
how the Apostle Paul
would get on in
Dragon's Den.
You ever thought
that?
You have now.
How would Paul get
on in Dragon's Den?
Imagine the scene.
Paul, nice to meet
you.
What's your business
proposition?
Well, it's this
message called the
gospel.
This new life that
we have in Jesus
Christ.
The wonderful message
that the world
needs to hear.
That God so loved
the world that he
gave his one and
only son who came
to die the death
that you and I
deserve to die on
the cross so that
we could be forgiven
and restored.
And the wonderful
news is he hasn't
stayed dead.
He has risen from
the grave.
He has ascended
into heaven where he
rules and reigns
and one day he's
coming back to judge
the living and the
dead and you need
to believe in him.
Nah.
One dragon's out at
that point, I'm
guessing.
Carry on a little
bit more, Paul.
That's a ludicrous
idea, but we're into
money making here.
What kind of profit
is this business
making you?
Well, none actually.
I used to be pious
and an achiever,
but since meeting
Jesus and having been
transformed by him,
I am no longer my
own.
I am his servant.
My life is his now.
In my life now,
I've been shipwrecked.
I've been beaten.
I've been given
lashes.
My life is constantly
in danger.
I know hunger.
I know cold.
But whatever again I
had, I count as loss
for the sake of Christ.
Indeed, I count
everything of loss
because of the
surpassing worth of
knowing Christ my Lord.
For his sake, I've
suffered the loss of
all things and
count them as rubbish
in order that I may
gain Christ.
What profit am I
making?
No thought.
All the two dragons,
I imagine, will be out
at that point.
One of them might give
him pity and say to
him, well, Paul,
we've heard you this
far.
How are you going to
gain followers for
this gospel?
How are you going to
sell this to people?
Well, ultimately, we
follow Jesus.
the one who commanded
us as his followers to
follow his example, to
die to self, to take up
our cross and to follow
him.
And that's the message
that has won me.
And that's the message
I'm going to keep
proclaiming because it is
the power of God unto
salvation.
All dragons out at that
point.
Friends, do you see how
God's wisdom is not as
the world's wisdom?
God's wisdom is so far
above the wisdom of
this world.
Tim Keller writes this,
yes, God is a king, but
is a king who came to
earth and went not to a
throne, but to a cross.
Where are you looking to
for your wisdom?
Are you looking in?
Are you looking out?
Are you looking up?
And as you look up, does
it compel you to look
down?
Mr. Sam 119, he desires
God's word because he
knows it's the source of
true wisdom.
Look at his declaration
at verse 96.
To all perfection I see a
limit, but your commands
are boundless.
He loves it.
He delights in it.
He desires it.
And third thing to see is
that he depends on it.
Now I'm one of three boys
and when we'd all flown
the nest, my parents
decided to do what all
parents do when their
boys fly the nest and get
a dog.
And so they got a little
parson terrier and Alex
and I went home recently
and we took the dog with
my parents for a walk up
the moors.
They live in Glasgow up
beside the moors.
So we went for a walk
with this dog and the
minute they took this thing
off the leash.
It caught a whiff of deer
or highland cattle in its
lungs and boom, off.
And I turned to my dad
and I said, dad, should I
be chasing this thing?
Is this not panicking you?
Why?
And my dad turns to me and
says, don't worry son,
you'll find his way on
home.
You'll find his own way
home.
And sure enough, half an
hour's walk came back
around and there he was.
He's standing there.
What is Mr.
Sam 119 saying?
He depends on God's word.
Why?
Because he is not a
sheepdog.
He is a sheep.
He cannot find his own
way home.
He depends on God's word.
His bringing home is
entirely reliant on
another.
And he knows it.
Now look what he writes
at verses 92 to 94.
This is the confession of
a man with strong
awareness of his
frailty.
Look what he writes.
If your law had not been
my delight, I would have
perished in my affliction.
I will never forget your
precepts for by them you
have preserved my life.
Save me for I am yours.
I have sought out your
precepts.
So he knows affliction.
He knows his constant
need for the leading of
God's word in his life.
Do you see what he's
saying in his testimony?
That if it wasn't for
God's word, he would have
died.
This word, this divine
word is a life-saving
word.
It gives him life.
It's a redeeming word.
And because of that, he
submits himself to it.
Do you see the submission
there?
I am yours.
He casts himself on the
grace and the mercy of God.
Let me ask you this evening,
do you think you can find
your own way home?
Is there within you a deep
and utter dependence on
God's words?
Because the truth is that if
you and I were left to our
own devices, we would be
chasing our own dreams and
fantasies.
In the words of Psalm 1, we
would be chasing chaff.
We would not find our own
way back.
Like Mr.
Psalm 119, we are
completely dependent on
God's gracious words to
bring us home.
But just living this side of
the cross, we know that
gracious words finds its
fullest and most glorious
expression in Jesus Christ.
Now here's the question that's
puzzled me this whole week as
I've been reading this Psalm.
As Mr.
Psalm 119, as he opens God's
word, as he looks at God's
law, how is it that he feels
delight?
Surely he would look at that
and he would feel condemnation.
He would feel like a complete
failure for his inadequacy to
live up to this.
How has he got from there to
being a delight?
Well, the answer must be that
by his spirit, God was showing
him that his word is a
gracious and life-giving
word.
And how does John introduce
us to Jesus at the beginning
of his gospel?
Jesus full of grace and truth.
Do you see how God's word is
ultimately all about Christ?
Do you see how it is leading
us to him?
The life giver, the truth.
Jesus, the perfect law
keeper.
The one who succeeded where
you and I have failed.
You see, when we accept him
and love him, his reward
comes to us.
The reward for his perfect
law keeping comes to us.
And why?
Because our punishment for
our failure to live up to
that went to him.
Only in Jesus can we say
that God's word is truly a
delight to us because we see
gospel.
Only the gospel can rewire our
hearts so that this word is
not a word of condemnation,
but it's a word of grace and
truth and life.
Let me ask you this evening,
is it a word of grace to you
or do you still feel
condemnation as you look at
it?
The moralistic person obeys
the word of God out of fear.
The Christian says, I delight
because obeying God's law
delights the one who delighted
me so much when he died for me.
You see, only in the gospel,
friends, do we get the verdict.
Only in the gospel do we get the
verdict before we get the
performance.
We need to make sure we get
that right.
God says, I love you,
therefore love me.
I love you, now you can love me.
You see, the law exposes the
disease the gospel tells us and
gives us the remedy.
We are completely reliant and
dependent on Jesus Christ to
bring us home.
And now when we look into the
word of God, we don't see a
crushing burden, we see beauty
and delight.
Tim Keller puts it beautifully
when he says, only in Jesus does
the law become a honeycomb.
You see, once we understand the
gospel, only then can this word be
a delight to us.
Let me ask you, friends, as we
bring things to a close.
Jesus Christ, how does he taste
to you?
How does the gospel taste to you?
Have you grown lukewarm?
Have you grown cold in your
affection for Jesus Christ?
You know, we went away yesterday
as an elders team.
It was a brilliant day.
Thank you so much for your
prayers.
And we started the day looking at
Jesus' words in revelation to
the church in Ephesus.
And Jesus says to that church, I
know you.
I know your toil and your hard
work, but I have this against you,
that you have left, you have lost
your love that you had for me at
first.
What a warning that is to us.
Friends, can I ask you, are you
busy just running around doing
things?
Now, there's nothing wrong with
that as long as behind it there is
an affection and a relationship
with the Lord Jesus.
Does the gospel still thrill your
heart?
Do you rejoice in the new life that
Jesus Christ has given you?
There's something that we can do
this week.
There's something I've tried to do
this week, and I pray that you'll
join me in doing it this week
coming.
It's really just to put, really
simple, just put a post-it note at
the front of your Bible.
And it just says, simply this,
show me Christ.
Show me Christ.
And as you come to your Bible
every day, if you stick that
post-it note on it, make that your
prayer.
Make it your prayer and say, Lord,
help me as I come to your word this
morning to see the beauty and
delight in Jesus Christ.
Now, you're thinking to yourself,
where am I getting a post-it note
from?
They're down there.
Show me Christ.
And as that happens, ask that God
would place within you a growing
and a deeper desire and a love for
Jesus that bursts into praise so
that we can exclaim with the
psalmist, Lord, I delight in your
words.
Do you desire more of Jesus Christ
each day?
Do you delight in Jesus Christ?
Do you depend on him?
Do you think?
Now, just as we close, I read this
story this week about the German
pastor, Martin Nimler.
I think that's how you say his name.
I'm not looking at John because he
told me how to say it, and that's not
right.
German pastor who was imprisoned in a
Nazi concentration camp from 1937 to
1945.
And he was imprisoned for his stance
against Nazi state control of the
churches.
And reflecting on his time in the
camp, he said this of his Bible.
He said this of God's word.
The Bible, what did this book mean to
me during the long weary years of
solitary confinement?
And then for the last four years at the
Jachau cell building, that's where he
was.
The word of God was simply everything
to me.
Comfort and strength.
Guidance and hope.
Master of my days and companion for my
nights.
The bread which kept me from starvation
and the water of life that refresh my
soul.
And even more, solitary confinement
ceased to be solitary.
Isn't that an amazing thing?
There's a man who we can't even begin to
imagine the things that he saw and the
things that he experienced.
But there's a man who absolutely
delighted in God's words.
It was his comfort in affliction.
Brothers and sisters, as we close now,
do we have that same mindset and desire
for God's words?
Can we offer a hearty amen to what Mr.
Sam 119 has told us this evening?
Because we've asked him what he feels about
God's words.
And he's told us that he loves it.
He's told us that he desires it.
And he's told us that he depends on it.
So this week, as you dive into Sam 119,
I pray that that will be your experience.
I pray that's the experience of all of
us.
And why don't you come back next Sunday
and we'll ask Mr. Sam 119 one more
question.
We'll ask him, knowing what he believes,
knowing how he feels, we'll ask him,
what does he do with God's words?
So why don't we just pause and pray together
as we close?
And just in the silence, I wonder if you just
want to pray simply this.
Lord God, show me Christ.
Our loving Heavenly Father, we are so grateful, Lord,
for our time together this evening.
And the opportunity that we've had just on the cusp of
another week to spend time delighting in your words.
And Lord, it's our prayer that you would help us desire it
more, to delight in it more, to depend on it more, and to
see Christ.
Father, we want to pray that we would be blown away by his
glory this week.
Would you come and help us?
Would you help turn our eyes from looking to worthless things?
And would you help reorientate us?
So that your statutes and your Son become our absolute delight.
And so this is our prayer in Jesus' name.
Amen.