Word
of God
But he replied and
said, "It is written, 'It is not by bread alone that a man
lives, except by every word that issues from the mouth of God
The Gospel According
to Matthew 4:4
The Book of Psalm
1:2
All commentary
and study notes are prefaced/edited by Dr. Riktor Von Zhades
But his delight is
in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and
night.
Brethren:
In the Aramaic
translation (aka, the Peshetta) the above is translated; “Instead
his pleasure is in the law of the Lord, and in his Torah he meditates
day and night.” Likewise in the Tanach(Ed. 1917) it reads; “Rather
the teaching of the Lord is his delight and he studies it day and
night” In the latter translation, the word studies is also meant,
according to the ancient Hebrew, “to utter”.
However in all the
above translations, there is nothing lost on the meanings for we are
instructed by God, via the Psalmist David, to thing upon the things
that are handed down to us from God. That is to say His commands and
His wisdom. Consider also the scriptures of the Book of Deuteronomy
and the Book of Joshua, wherein we are instructed to keep the words
of our Creator within our hearts and meditate upon them day and
night. (Read Deuteronomy 6:6; Joshua 1:8)
Friends, let us take
heed, and maintain our thoughts on the words of the scriptures
daily, whenever and whereever possible. When we arise from our sleep,
let us read and study, in order that our thoughts be to Him that made
us, and before we return to our slumbers later in the evening, let us
read again, so that we might have the peace of His words to accompany
us during our nocturnal rest. Dr. RVZ
“Delighting in the
Word and meditating on the Word must go together (Read Psalm
119:15-16, 23-24, 47-48, 77-78), for whatever we enjoy, we think
about and pursue. If we speak to the Lord about the Word, the Word
will speak to us about the Lord. This is what is meant by “abiding
in the Word” (Read 1 John 2:14, 24). The way we treat the Bible is
the way we treat Jesus Christ, for the Bible is His Word to us.” -
Warren W. Wiersbe - American Pastor and Theologian
“A godly man, that
he may do that which is good and cleave to it, submits to the
guidance of the word of God and makes that familiar to him. This is
that which keeps him out of the way of the ungodly and fortifies him
against their temptations. By the words of thy lips I have kept me
from the path of the deceiver, (Read Psalm17:4). We need not court
the fellowship of sinners, either for pleasure or for improvement,
while we have fellowship with the word of God and with God himself in
and by his word. When thou awakest it shall talk with thee, (Read
Proverbs 6:22).
The entire affection
which a good man has for the law of God: His delight is in it. He
delights in it, though it be a law, a yoke (Read Matthew 11:28-30),
because it is the law of God, which is holy, just, and good, which he
freely consents to, and so delights in, after the inner man, (Read
Romans 7:16, 22). All who are well pleased that there is a God must
be well pleased that there is a Bible, a revelation of God, of his
will, and of the only way to happiness in him. The intimate
acquaintance which a good man keeps up with the word of God: In that
law doth he meditate day and night; and by this it appears that his
delight is in it, for what we love we love to think of, (Read Psalm
119:97). To meditate in God’s word is to discourse with ourselves
concerning the great things contained in it, with a close application
of mind, a fixedness of thought, till we be suitably affected with
those things and experience the savour and power of them in our
hearts. This we must do day and night; we must have a constant
habitual regard to the word of God as the rule of our actions and the
spring of our comforts, and we must have it in our thoughts,
accordingly, upon every occasion that occurs, whether night or day.
No time is amiss for meditating on the word of God, nor is any time
unseasonable for those visits. We must not only set ourselves to
meditate on God’s word morning and evening, at the entrance of the
day and of the night, but these thought should be interwoven with the
business and converse of every day and with the repose and slumbers
of every night. When I awake I am still with thee.” - Matthew Henry
17th Century Theologian
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