May 19

May 19 Our Response to Truth

The entirety of your word is truth, each of your righteous judgments endures forever.

Psalm 119:160 CSB

Perhaps you’ve read Psalm 119 and noticed, in this longest chapter in the longest book of the Bible, that it focuses on God’s truth, precepts, commands, word, instruction, statutes, decrees, judgments, and ordinances. We get the point at least 179 times! We must know His Word!

But, what do we do with that truth? This time in reading Psalm 119, I focused on what the psalmist says our response should be to God's Word. Here’s a sampling of what I found:

• Walk according to

• Be happy about

• Keep

• Think about

• Praise

• Learn

• Don’t wander from

• Treasure

• Proclaim

• Rejoice

• Meditate

• Contemplate

• Long for

• Delight in

• Understand

• Gain strength from

• Choose

• Set before me

• Cling to

• Pursue

• Take pleasure in

• Follow

• Trust

• Hope in

• Obey

• Study

• Speak of

• Be unashamed of

• Love

• Remember

• Find comfort in

• Rely on

• Learn

• Live for

• Gain insight from

• Be concerned about

• Fear

• Know

• Carry out

• Choose

Do you believe that God’s Word is completely true? As you scan this list of responses to His truth, where do you falter?

You have given us all the truth we need to know to walk in obedience as we share Your Lord! Show me where You want me to grow more secure and adhere to the entirety of Your perfect Word!

Chris Adams

*First published on www.chrisadams.blog

Chris Adams

Chris Adams is an author, speaker, blogger, and women’s ministry consultant. She retired in 2017 after serving over 22 years as the Women’s Ministry Specialist at LifeWay Christian Resources, Nashville, Tennessee. Chris helped pioneer women’s ministry as we know it today and compiled three women’s leadership books: Women Reaching Women, Transformed Lives, and Women Reaching Women in Crisis.

Prior to her employment at LifeWay she was the special ministries coordinator at Green Acres Baptist Church in Tyler, Texas overseeing women’s ministry and missions education.

For fun you can find Chris reading, spending time with family or at the beach. She married Pat in 1971 and they have twin daughters, two sons in law, 14 grandchildren, and 5 great grands. She recently became a Yorkie mom again for the third time. A self-proclaimed chocolate connoisseur, Chris is famous for her toffee.