“Benefits of God’s Testimonies”

Psalm 119:24   Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors.

The Psalmist in his trouble and distress, reacting to the contempt and reproach of the proud, turns to God’s Word, and there finds direction and joy.

While the world can have its joy, it is the joy of the Lord that makes it divine and powerful.  It is also real (2 Cor. 6:10); great (I Peter 1:8); and endless.

To be theologically correct, we are commanded to rejoice—it is the necessary duty of the redeemed (Phil. 4:4).

This rejoicing is founded on and derived through the Word of God (Romans 15:4).  Joy is particularly needful in affliction.  Take time today to rejoice in the Lord!