Key Verse: Verse 42 – “So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.”
The psalmist uses the personal pronoun “I” twelve times in these eight verses, and on every occasion but one he is referring to his life and love for the Word of God. Surely, he sees God’s Word as worthy of his trust.
There is a great example of trust and dedication to God’s Word found in the life of Russian, Anatoli Shcharansky.
Anatoli Shcharansky, a dissident Soviet Jew, kissed his wife goodbye as she left Russia for freedom in Israel. His parting words to her were, ‘I’ll see you soon in Jerusalem.’ But Anatoli was detained and finally imprisoned. Their reunion in Jerusalem would not only be postponed, it might never occur. During long years in Russian prisons and work camps, Anatoli was stripped of his personal belongings. His only possession was a miniature copy of the Psalms. Once during his imprisonment, his refusal to release the book to the authorities cost him 130 days in solitary confinement. Finally, twelve years after parting with his wife, he was offered freedom. In February 1986, as the world watched, Shcharansky was allowed to walk away from Russian guards toward those who would take him to Jerusalem. But, in the final moments of captivity, the guards tried again to confiscate the Psalms book. Anatoli threw himself face down in the snow and refused to walk on to freedom without it. Those words had kept him alive during imprisonment. He would not go on to freedom without them.
Now, let me ask you, do you love and trust God’s Word as much as Anatoli?
What to do:
✞We have the trustworthy Word of God; read it, memorize it, live by it.
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