Hi Trekkers Team
Tomorrow is the start of our 21 day bash through the bible. If anyone has lost the reading plan, I've posted it to http://www.lovewokingham.co.uk/bibleoverview.pdf
My Bible notes today take me to Psalm 119:49-56.
Reading this at first glance, I think "that's not me". There's loads of talk about suffering and being comforted in that suffering, and it makes me acutely aware that actually, as things stand at the moment, I'm in a pretty good place right now. But when I think about it deeper, is this in itself is the Holy Spirit working in me through God's Word? Maybe that is part of God's word for me today. "Tim - you are blessed, blessed beyond the imagination of over half the planet, accept this blessing, and remember it in the future, when times are harder".
And what about verse 53:
Indignation grips me because of the wicked, who have forsaken your law.
Am I right in reading this as a command? Is God's word telling me to feel indignation? I know that there are times when I do. Leviticus 19:35 commands us to be honest in our transactions and Psalm 11:1 tells that that God detests unfair trading practices. So clearly it is not enough for me to sit back and thank God that I'm in a comfortable place right now. Today's reading tells me that, even while I am finding comfort in the Lord, I need to be indignant to the point of action over those who are denied even a tenth of the comfort I enjoy because of unfair and ungodly trading practices.
