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Posted by Psalms on Monday, 29 October 2012
Psalms 119:111
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
119:111. Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever. He chose them, and what is more he laid hold upon them, taking them into possession and enjoyment. If we might have our desire, we would desire to keep the commands of God perfectly. Sometimes, like Israel, we have to take our heritage by hard fighting, but always it has to be taken by a decided choice of the heart and grip of the will. What God gives we must take.
For they are the rejoicing of my heart. The gladness which had come to him through the Word of the Lord had caused him to make an unalterable choice of it. That which rejoices the heart is sure to be chosen and treasured. It is not the head-knowledge but the heart-experience which brings the joy.
In this verse, which is the seventh of its octave, we have reached the same sweetness as in the last seventh (verse 103). How good a thing it is when experience ripens into joy, passing up through sorrow, prayer, conflict, hope, desire, and holy content into rejoicing! Joy fixes the spirit.
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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