If your life knows some trouble, perhaps you will find a partner in Ps119. The psalmist knows trouble. But it doesn't stop there.

He also knows his Bible.

He also knows the character and the actual Person of God.

So, don't just stop with the trouble. This hard work isn't for sissies.

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Ps 119:151 makes an audacious claim: YOU ARE NEAR, O LORD

We must then ask: when exactly is God near? What is going on? What are the circumstances and when is this nearness experienced?

Listen to a sliver of this grand psalm to discover WHEN GOD is NEAR.

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One of the great beauties of Ps119 is TROUBLE. It pulls no punches. It faces the reality of life head on.

Trouble is here. Then what?

Join me in Ps119 for 6 minutes and let's find out what we might do when "trouble has found me out".

The guy who wrote Psalm 119 reports that he loves God's communication more than GOLD, pure Gold. At current pricing, that is more than $4000 per ounce. It is precious. By that, I mean the metal and the message; the shiny stuff and the Scripture. Both are treasures, but only one lasts.

God's oration is more valuable than our most rare ore.

God's sovereignty is of greater worth than any sovereigns.

God's declaration is more precious than all the doubloons out there.

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We all get to decide how inclined or not inclined we set our heart towards the Bible. Ps119 instructs us to deal with the Bible by inclining our hearts toward it.

We do this

• demonstratively: that is, with our affections, and love
• directionally: we allow the Word to help change our direction
• desperately: if there were any other plan b, we wouldn't have to throw ourselves so desperately upon Him. But there is not. We MUST so incline our hearts.

So let's lean into Him as we are confronted with the Bible. Let's close the distance.

Oh, How I Love Your _________. Can you guess it from Ps119?

Oh, how I love Your Law.

It is my delight.

It is my LIFE, my PROTECTION.

It is my favor.

It is useful and practical in life. It helps with every step.

Your word is sweet to me, sweeter than honey.

I delight in your law

Oh, how I love Your Word.

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I notice Two things regarding what the psalmist desires:

1. You cannot see it NOW (except in promise)

2. You cannot see it HERE (except in shadow)

So the TIMING is: Not now, not yet.

and the LOCATION is Not here.

The object of his ambitions are other worldly and slightly delayed. Let us respond in knowledge and in faith and in agreement.

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What if God’s hands have made my hands? If God even made my pinkie, it changes everything.

If my hands are made by HIM, then what these hands do regarding work; what these hands consider regarding who these hands hold, and to WHO THESE HANDS ARE RAISED IN WORSHIP is all affected.

Who made your pinkie? If it was you, you can skip the next part. If it wasn't you, then listen carefully to the next 7 minutes. It changes everything. Subscribe to change everything tomorrow too.

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