In the Lord I Take Refuge: 31 Days in the PsalmsSample

God does not want to stay hidden from us. He wants us to know him. We know him through his creation (vv. 1–6) and also through his law, the Torah, God’s revelation to Moses, now found in the first five books of the Bible.

David exults in the preciousness of this Word. Is this how you feel about the revelation God has given of himself in his Word? How do you approach Scripture? Do you see it as fuel to revive your soul (v. 7)— “rejoicing the heart” (v. 8)? Do you desire the Word of God more than a ten million dollar inheritance and all that it could purchase (v. 10)?

And yet the Word of God not only reveals who God is; it also reveals who we are, in all our sin and need. The lofty call of Scripture is worthy of all pursuit, yet frustratingly beyond our reach in light of our weakness and inadequacy. David knows this—thus his concluding remarks in the psalm, beginning with “Who can discern his errors?” (v. 12). He closes by praying for his words and thoughts to be acceptable in the sight of God. And he knows that by grace they will be, for in the final words of the psalm he calls God “my redeemer” (v. 14). But how, in light of his sin? Only, ultimately, through the redeeming work of God’s only Son, Jesus Christ—who, though perfectly “acceptable” (v. 14), was punished as one unacceptable so that we, unacceptable through sin, might be accepted eternally into God’s presence.