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Precious

Treasure

Devotional



In Psalm 147, the psalmist wrote the following:

12. Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; Praise your God, O Zion.

13. For He has strengthened the bars of

your gates; He has blessed your children

within you.




14. He makes peace in your borders; He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

15. He sends out His commandment upon

earth; His word runs very swiftly.




16. He gives snow like wool; He scattersthe hoar-frost like ashes.

17. He casts forth His ice like morsels:

Who can stand before His cold?




18. He sends out His word, and meltsthem: He causes His wind to blow, and the

waters flow.

19. He shows His word unto Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances unto Israel.




20. He has not dealt so with any nation;

and as for His ordinances, they have not

known them. Praise you Jehovah.



This past week many across the nation

celebrated the holiday by opening up brightlywrapped packages filled with precious

treasure.

Israel, too, had a precious treasure as well, but I often wonder if they ever realized it.



I wonder if the Old Testament people of

Israel realized how privileged they were.This is what the psalmist addresses in today's

passage. He's telling the Jewish people to

praise the Lord because of all He had donefor them.



“For He has strengthened the bars of your

gates; He has blessed your children within you.” (verse 13) He gave them peace in

their borders. He fed them. He gave them

His Word and His Law.



He gave them land. “He has not dealt so

with any nation; and as for His ordinances,they have not known them.” (verse 20) God

deposited with Israel the precious treasure o

His Word.



otice what the psalmist says about the Word

of God. Verse 15 tells us that God's Wordruns: “He sends out His commandment

upon earth; His word runs very swiftly.”



When God speaks, that Word goes out like a

rapidly running messenger and accomplishesHis purposes. God runs the universe by His

Word. He decrees things, and they happen.



God's Word also melts obstacles. “He sends

out His word, and melts them….” (verse 18)God's Word can melt the cold, hard heart.



Are you facing what is seemingly an

impossible situation? The Word of God canmelt any bars or walls and open the way for

you.



Finally, God's Word blesses. “He shows His

word unto Jacob, His statutes and Hisordinances unto Israel…. Praise you

Jehovah.” Read the Word of God. It's a

great treasure that, when invested in your life, bears fruit.



God's Word runs and accomplishes His will.

It melts and opens the way. And it blesses allwho will receive it, obey it and trust it. God

desires that you spend time daily

appropriating the riches of His Word. Doou invest God's Word in your life?

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