Your testimonies are my delight; they are my
counselors.
Psalms 119:24
The psalmist
delights in God's Law. It is something that gives him pleasure, something that
gives him joy. And he explains why that is. 'They are my counselors.' We live
in a very confusing world. And that's because the evil of sin is everywhere,
out there in the world and in us also. And that makes living well so very
difficult. More than a few times we find ourselves not really knowing what to
do. Our psalmist friend had the answer to that. He worked to know and to
understand God's Law so that he would enjoy the wisdom that it holds. Working
toward that goal is more than some academic task. It is a Spiritual task. That
is, it is something that we need the grace of the Spirit to do. But those who
come to understand that and are thus able to grasp what the Scriptures are
saying join the psalmist. Your testimonies are
my delight; they are my counselors.