Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

— Matthew 24:35

101 I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.

102 I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.

103 How sweet are Your words to my taste—sweeter than honey in my mouth!

104 I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.

105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

106 I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.

107 I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.

108 Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.

111 Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.

114 You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.

118 You reject all who stray from Your statutes, for their deceitfulness is in vain.

— Psalm 119:101-108, 111-112, 114, 118

Thoughts on Today’s Reading

Grace, mercy and salvation from Christ to you.

Without eyes fixed on the Bible as our standard, we are left to make sense of life based on the wavering whims of our time-bound, earth-oriented understanding. If we do not look to our Creator to define what is true and yield to His authority, we rely only on human assets, which prove limited and wanting. If we view the Bible as a dusty book that only applies to weak and culturally irrelevant people, we will fail to know God as He truly is. Ignoring or rejecting the Bible means missing life’s treasure of eternal truth and facing forever without hope.

In His Word, God gave us a lamp for our feet and a light for our path. The Holy Spirit takes biblical truths and unlocks our minds to understand what human wisdom alone cannot grasp. God’s Word provides fresh food for our hungry souls, speaking to our greatest needs and satisfying our deepest longings. The Bible reflects God’s infinite nature-a lifetime of study cannot exhaust the riches within God’s beautiful Word. Knowing God’s Word helps us recognize Satan’s lies and this world’s errors. God’s Word speaks with simultaneous simplicity, clarity, and depth that we can teach to infants but also ponder until our last breath. Heaven and earth will pass away, but God’s Word abides forever.