This continues the study of Psalm 119. (Start the series here: http://createapositiveday.blogspot.com/2017/09/study-of-psalm-119-psalm-1191.html)
God Provides (by Rhonda Sawtelle)
Psalm 119: God's Word....
vs. 20: Provides Longing
My soul breaks with longing for Your judgments at all times. Psalm 119:20
My soul: living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion
Breaks: to crush; intransitively and figuratively to dissolve
With longing: desire
Judgments: divine law
At all: in all manner
Times: due season, so long as
(My soul breaks) expressive of the greatness, vehemence, and eagerness of his mind after the thing he desired — the righteous laws and precepts of God are designed, which he desired to have a more perfect knowledge of, and yield a more constant obedience. (John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible)
The desire for something is so strong, that it seems to consume your thoughts, and you find it hard to function, as you anticipate fulfilling that desire. That same desire is produced the more one studies and reads the Bible — and applies it.
My prayer is for a longing for knowing God and living in constant obedience to Him.
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