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WEDNESDAY MAY 13


THE RICHES OF OBEDIENCE

READ:
Psalm 119:14 NLT
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I have rejoiced in
your laws as much
as in riches
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Publicly operated lotteries exist in more than 100 countries. In a recent year, lottery ticket sales totaled more than $55 billion in just the US and Canada, only part of the total sales worldwide. The lure of huge jackpots has created a mindset among many that all of life's problems would be solved "if I won the lottery."

There's nothing wrong with wealth itself, but it has the power to deceive us into thinking that money is the answer to all our needs. The psalmist, expressing a different point of view, wrote: "I have rejoiced in your laws as much as in riches....I will delight in your decrees and not forget your word" (OS. 119:14,16 NLT). This concept of spiritual treasure is focused on obedience to God and walking "in the path of [His] commandments" (v. 35).

What if we were more excited about following the Lord's Word than about winning a jackpot worth millions? with the psalmist we might pray, "Incline my heart to Your testimonies, and not to covetousness. Turn away my eyes from looking at worthless things, And revive me in Your way" (vv. 36-37).

The riches of obedience__true riches__belong to all who walk with the Lord.

**Dear Lord, may I commit each day to standing on the unchanging truth of
Your Word and to growing in my relationship with You, the only measure of
success in this life and in eternity. ____________________________________________________________________________________
Success is knowing and loving God.

**********************************Today's Bible Reading _ Psalm 119:14, 33-40*****************************
14 I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, as much
as in riches.

33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I
shall keep it to the end. 34 Give me understanding, and I
shall keep Your law; indeed, I shall observe it with my whole
heart. 35 Make me walk in the path of Your commandments,
for I delight in it. 36 Incline my heart to Your testimonies,
and not to covetousness. 37 Turn away my eyes from looking
at worthless things, and revive me in Your way. 38 Establish
Your word to Your servant, who is devoted to fearing You. 39
Turn away my reproach which I dread, for your judgments are
good. 40 Behold, I long for Your precepts; revive me in Your
righteousness.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible.
Its 176 verses are presented in 22 stanzas of 8 verses each, and
each stanza corresponds to the successive letters of the Hebrew
alphabet. Because it is an acrostic song. Spurgeon said it could be
called "the alphabet of love," for it unfolds God's loving provision
of wisdom for his children.