DAY 92 - CLING TO THE TRUTH
MILANNA MARTILLARO, YA CREATIVE & PRODUCTION TEAM LEAD
“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. I have taken an oath and confirmed it, that I will follow your righteous laws. I have suffered much; preserve my life, Lord, according to your word.” Pslam 119:105-106
Psalm 119 is widely known for being the longest chapter in the bible. It’s made up of 22 different sections each made up of 8 verses. A lot of older theologians attribute this specific Psalm to David, saying that he used this Psalm to teach his children the Hebrew alphabet to learn to read. They believe this because there are 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet and each is used at the beginning of every one of the 22 sections of Psalm 119. Another crazy thing about Psalm 119 is that almost every single one of the verses within it (171 out of 176 to be exact) refer to God’s word. The entire thing is giving praise and stressing the importance of scripture.
WOW.
A hundred and seventy one verses, all praising and exalting the word of God. A whole Psalm that was written in hopes to teach the alphabet to learn to read God’s word and proclaim it and praise it.
Now, I may just be jumping to a conclusion here, but I think that God, through David, is trying to emphasize the great significance of His written word.
Right now, there are MANY places where we can get our truth from. Let me name a few, the news, social media, your friends, your family, pop culture, politics, the list goes on. And as humans, we are desperate for truth. It is embedded deep within our genetic make up. We are hard wired to want to know to truth. So we will read all the books, or watch all the news, or divulge in all the social media and pop culture and try to decipher the truth in it all and around our world. The problem with this isn’t the desire to know truth, the problem here lies in where we are are going for it.
There are a multitude of things going on in our world right now that can make us in dire need to uncover truth. I found myself in a place these last couple weeks of recklessly and desperately trying to find out the truth about things that are going on around me. I read news article after news article, post after post, journal after journal, watched video after video, and guess what?
I was left still unsure.
And not because I didn’t read enough, not because I didn’t have the right news sources, or do enough research, but because I was looking for absolute truth from a world that cannot give it to me. You see there is only ONE absolute truth in this world, and that is the bible.
The bible, young adult, is our source of truth. It is the living, breathing word of God. It is active and alive and has stood firm in the test of time. David, in Pslam 119, over and over again reiterates the beauty and majesty of God’s word. And how it is our lamp and our guide in this noisy world.
I found myself in a place these past few weeks where I was just desperate for more of God’s word. I was desperate to read truth and allow ABSOLUTE truth be what I fill my life with. Rather than the noise of this world.
Young adult, that is my prayer and encouragement for you this week. To cling to God’s word and all it holds for you and your life. Because it is our one source of living, breathing truth.
Love you guys, miss you guys.