Insert Affected, Knowing Smile
July 16th, 2008 by DanielPosted in Ponderances
Here is a claim that we are quite prepared to roll our eyes at:
The claim of Scripture is that a specific kind of delight actually preserves, sustains, and ultimately saves those who are enduring affliction, and that brand of delight is focused on God’s Word:
If your law had not been my delight,
I would have perished in my affliction.
“The only way I made it,” the Psalmist tells his Lord, “was through finding, in Your law, joy of a greater potency than all my troubles. By Your precepts you have given me life!”
Do not roll your eyes at the simplicity of how to find this joy. It is very near, and it is very difficult. But it is delightful.
One Response to “Insert Affected, Knowing Smile”
By seven on Jul 16, 2008
That is a great picture. And it’s easy to forget that we can’t live without delight.