Psalm 119:17-21 "Do good to your servant, and I will live: I will obey your word. Open my eyes that I may see wonderful things in your law. I am a stranger on earth; do not hide your commands from me. My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times. You rebuke the arrogant, who are cursed and who stray from your commands. "
It says here that because we know that he is blessing us with protection and our needs that we will obey his words. Our gratitude should go beyond just obeying his word but that is a good place to start. How many times do we go past something or someone and don't even realize that it or they are there - we're just oblivious to them. We do need to ask the Lord to open our eyes to all that is around us. There are plenty of blessings and work right in front of us if we would just see it. We should long to help those around us just as God helps us everyday. The arrogant are blinded from all that He does and they think that they are in control. Help us to see his hand in everything that we do and accomplish. Only God can allow us to be productive. We are only his tools. We should be eating these words - that means consuming them, taking nourishment from His words, and allowing ourselves to produce good results (fruit) from that nourishment. What kind of fruit -- love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, self-control .... with these fruits we will be better tools for Him.
Dear Lord, thank you once again for the powerful imagery provided in your Psalms. Help us to be hungry for your word and to consume it and to be nourished by it. Amen.
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