Dividing the Word

Psalms 119:1 (KJV) ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.

(Proverbs 19 also read)

I have begun working my way through the book of Psalms again.  One of the difficulties that have to be dealt with is the fact that there are some months that have 31 days and that causes a problem when you divide Psalms into 30 Psalms a month.  What I am doing is taking the 119th Psalm and dividing it up with about 25 verses to read each month that has 31 days.

So today as I read through the first 24 verses of the first Psalm one of the things I noticed was the many different names that are given to the “law”.  Each verse almost has a new word.  The next few verses have “testimonies”, “Ways”, “precepts”.

There are many different words but what is universal in all of them is the joy in which they are engaged and lived out.

So?  Don’t be afraid of the law.  When Paul talks about the law, he talks about the condemning nature of it, the fact that it tells you where the lines are.  When David talks about the law, he rejoices in the freedom that he has by walking within those lines, and avoiding so many pitfalls because of it.  You’re not saved by the law.  It’s still a good way to live.