“I rejoice in your word like one who discovers a great treasure.” (Psalm 119:162 NLT).
Some say that David wrote Psalm 119 to teach his son, Solomon, to love God’s Word, while at the same time, teaching him the Hebrew alphabet. For this beautiful ode to God’s Word is an acrostic poem, with each stanza beginning with one of the twenty-two Hebrew letters. Yet certainly, he was teaching Solomon more than his “ABCs.” For in this verse, he wanted his son to learn to rejoice in God’s Word.
Psalm 119 is like a thesaurus for God’s Word, calling out synonyms for God’s law like: statutes, precepts, judgments, commandments, instructions, and even “a great treasure.” For David had learned to find encouragement and strength from God’s Word. It gave him great joy to read and meditate on it and to write psalms about it.
Have you learned to rejoice in God’s Word?
PRAYER: Dear Father, we rejoice in Your Word today. For in it we have discovered the greatest treasure of all, Your Son, Jesus Christ. Thank You. In Jesus’ name, amen.