Saturday 14 Jan 2023

January 14: Psalm 19:7-14

Key Verse: Psalm 19:14
May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.

Devotion:
When a lawyer has to go to court to defend a client, they want the best possible witnesses behind them and the best possible advice for their clients based on past court cases and events… If they are very good lawyers, they will search high and low to make sure they have as much data behind them to defend their clients to the best of their abilities. They will be standing up in front of a judge and jury to present their case and so they need all of this data behind them. They are the witness for their client...

When we try to witness to others about Christ, we need to know as much as possible so we can witness to the best of our abilities. This does not mean we need to know everything. Just like a new lawyer, we are still learning and we have to discover things before we can present them before others. We effectively need to study the law.

So what is the law we need to study? Is it the cases presented by the teachers of the law during the time of Jesus life on earth? No! Jesus was not impressed by them either. We should take on board what Jesus stood for and the law He used as His example. That law is the scriptures, or our bibles.

There is nothing more precious than God’s Word for us because it is the truth we need in order to be witnesses to others. This is the law we should try to study to be the most effective witnesses we can be. This is the law being talked about in these verses where the writer describes it as being the most precious thing we have. God’s Word!

Points to Ponder:
How often do you study the law?

How often do you read your bible?