"Remember that it is not hasty reading, but serious meditation on holy and heavenly truths, that makes them prove sweet and profitable to the soul. It is not the mere touching of the flower by the bee that gathers honey, but her abiding for a time on the flower that draws out the sweet. It is not he that reads most, but he that meditates most, that will prove to be the choicest, sweetest, wisest and strongest Christian." | Thomas Brooks
97 Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.
A mark of a true Christian will be their love for God's law (his word) and their desire to meditate on it all day. It becomes for them the springboard for discovering who God is, who they are called and created to be and do. Sola scriptura (by scripture alone) asserts that the Bible is the only inspired and authoritative word of God, is the only source for Christian doctrine, and is accessible to all.
98 Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers, for your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.
Why was this writer wiser than the others? Because the psalmist's enemies, teachers and the "aged" people he spoke of did not attend carefully to God’s word.
101 I hold back my feet from every evil way, in order to keep your word.
The psalmist makes a conscience choice to avoid evil in order to keep God's word. Faithfulness over selfish, fleshly and sinful desires.
102 I do not turn aside from your rules, for you have taught me.
Because the psalmist had a humble and "teachable" spirit, he is able to keep from sinning. God blessed his humility and replaced his sin with holiness.
103 How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
One mark of a true Christian is that God's word will become for them a sweet taste in their mouth. It will be a joyous experience for the Christian to read God's word, not out of obligation but instead because they delight in it.
Understanding sound doctrine will produce a hatred of false doctrine and practices.
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