Worship for Today: The law of the Lord is perfect!

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him in Psalm 19:7,
 
"The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul. The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple."

 

In this verse, David tells us four things about the law of the Lord: it is perfect, it revives the soul, it is trustworthy and it makes the simple wise. How many things in this life accomplishes so much? This is because the law of the Lord comes from him. It is not something mankind made up, as is much of religion these days. We read in Isaiah 55:10-11, "As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it." Such is the law the Lord has given: it accomplishes what he desires and achieves the purpose for which he sent it.

 

What is it the Lord seeks to accomplish with the law, its purpose? We read in Romans 7:7-8, "I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, 'Do not covet.' But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire." Its purpose is to show us just how sinful we all are and demonstrate to us our need of being saved from God's wrath for sin. We read in Galatians 3:24, "So the law was put in charge to lead us to Christ that we might be justified by faith." Paul puts it this way in Romans 3:20, "Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin."

 

Here we see how the Lord's perfect law revives the soul. It quickens us to the realization we need the righteousness that Jesus Christ makes available to us through faith that we not face the Lord's own judgment for our sin. We can trust the law to make us wise by awakening us out of the stupor of the complacency of our lives: we need to prepare for what lies beyond the grave for each one of us!

 

How wonderful the Lord has provided us the law so that through it we are prepared for the opportunity afforded to us through the gospel!
 
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd love to hear from you!

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Trevor Fisk
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