If Ps119 could speak it'd have a lot to say:

It would say the spiritual life is not lived alone. It'd ask us to Attach to the people of God with the same grace that the Person of God has attached to you.

It would say that believers have their feet in the butter tub of grace, and we'd best be living lives of gratefulness.

Finally, it would say that suffering can actually be good. There are things to grow from in the midst of it. I might even stretch toward gratefulness because of it.

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There are 8 kinds of people who should watch this 7 minute video:

• those who struggle with porn
• those who have a broken relationship
• those who are caught in doomscrolling
• those who are in circumstances they do not prefer
• those who desire real inimacy
• those who are interested in walking the faithful history of God
• those who want a bigger portion of God
• and those who want to profit from their suffering.

If any of those are you, then Ps119 is for you. Watch here and maybe even subscribe:

It takes some guts to request to be sought, especially if that search will be conducted by God Almighty. Today, we'll hear of an invitation by a human to the Divine: seek me, discover me, find me.

The first question is practical: will I allow myself to be geographically discovered? The second is more dramatic: will I allow myself to be spiritually discovered?

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If your life knows some trouble, perhaps you will find a partner in Ps119. The psalmist knows trouble. But it doesn't stop there.

He also knows his Bible.

He also knows the character and the actual Person of God.

So, don't just stop with the trouble. This hard work isn't for sissies.

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Ps 119:151 makes an audacious claim: YOU ARE NEAR, O LORD

We must then ask: when exactly is God near? What is going on? What are the circumstances and when is this nearness experienced?

Listen to a sliver of this grand psalm to discover WHEN GOD is NEAR.

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One of the great beauties of Ps119 is TROUBLE. It pulls no punches. It faces the reality of life head on.

Trouble is here. Then what?

Join me in Ps119 for 6 minutes and let's find out what we might do when "trouble has found me out".

The guy who wrote Psalm 119 reports that he loves God's communication more than GOLD, pure Gold. At current pricing, that is more than $4000 per ounce. It is precious. By that, I mean the metal and the message; the shiny stuff and the Scripture. Both are treasures, but only one lasts.

God's oration is more valuable than our most rare ore.

God's sovereignty is of greater worth than any sovereigns.

God's declaration is more precious than all the doubloons out there.

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We all get to decide how inclined or not inclined we set our heart towards the Bible. Ps119 instructs us to deal with the Bible by inclining our hearts toward it.

We do this

• demonstratively: that is, with our affections, and love
• directionally: we allow the Word to help change our direction
• desperately: if there were any other plan b, we wouldn't have to throw ourselves so desperately upon Him. But there is not. We MUST so incline our hearts.

So let's lean into Him as we are confronted with the Bible. Let's close the distance.