Dear Readers,
Lately the chorus of a wonderful little hymn has been resounding in my spirit:
Spring up, O well, within my soul.
Spring up, O well, and make me whole.
Spring up, O well, and give to me
That life abundantly.
A few blogs ago we talked about Gerar and the unstopping of the well of “open spaces.” I hope that had meaning for you. In my life it has meant the release of joy…with fresh energizing from God’s Word. This has been especially true in my morning devotions and the significant time I generally spend in the Psalms.
Often my “routine” has taken me to a familiar and reverent read of the “five Psalms of the day”… by date. (For example: on June 1 I’ll be reading Psalm 1, Psalm 31, Psalm 61, Psalm 91, and Psalm 121; …on June 5 it will be Palm 5, Psalm 35, Psalm 65, Psalm 95 and Psalm 125,….. etc).
More often, I may begin there, but sense an invitation from the Lord to camp out in one particular Psalm.
Most often,…. I’ll find myself landing in favorite Psalms, and spending time digging deeper.
Lately, I’ve been drawn to Psalm 119,….with its beautiful acrostic verses filled with wisdom and high worship. This is a song almost certainly composed by David. The 176 verses are divided into 8-verse sections, arranged according to the order of the Hebrew alphabet. Consequently there are twenty-two, 8-verse stanzas, each beginning with the corresponding twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet.
Further…nearly every verse contains one of eight words for God’s revelation:
- Instruction
- Decree
- Precept
- Statute
- Command
- Judgement
- Promise
- Word
For those of us who rejoice in God’s high order of creation and revelation, this Psalm provides incredible depths for mining and heights of pure worship.
Writing now, I have been paused on verse 18: “Open my eyes so that I may contemplate wonderful things from your instruction” (HCSB).
Having dinner with the disciples after His Resurrection, Jesus said to them: “…These are My words that I spoke to you while I was still with you - that everything written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms must be fulfilled. Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.’” Luke 24:44-45 HCSB
This Pentecost, may your eyes and your mind be opened to be made whole. May your response be a geyser of abundant joy.
Spring up O well…
