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Posted by Psalms on Monday, 29 October 2012
Psalms 119:67
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
119:67. Before I was afflicted I went astray. Partly, perhaps, through the absence of trial. If any of us remember a time in which we had no trouble, we also probably recollect that then grace was low, and temptation was strong. It may be that some believer cries, “Oh that it were with me as in those summer days before I was afflicted.” Such a sigh is most unwise, and arises from a carnal love of ease: the spiritual man who prizes growth in grace will bless God that those dangerous days are over, and that if the weather be more stormy it is also more healthy.
But now have I kept thy word. Grace is that in the heart which profits by its chastening. It is of no use to plow barren soil. When there is no spiritual life affliction works no spiritual benefit; but where the heart is sound trouble awakens conscience, wandering is confessed, the soul becomes again obedient to the command, and continues to be so. In the psalmist’s case the medicine of affliction worked a change—but; an immediate change—now; a lasting change—have I; an inward change—have I kept; a change Godward—thy word.
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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