Psalms 119:130 (NASBStr)
The unfolding of Your words gives light;
It gives understanding to the simple.
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Psalms 119:18 (NASBStr)
Open my eyes, that I may behold
Wonderful things from Your law.
The Psalmist knew the power of God's Word. That is what Psalm 119 is all about. Each verse of the 176 makes a reference to the power and joy of God's Word. In the above two verses the writer tells us the secret to unlocking the power and the joy of God's Word: God must unlock it. God must "unfold" it to us and He must "open my eyes" for me to see it. The unbeliever can read and hear the Word every day of their lives. But, unless God unfolds the truths and opens the eyes of their heart the truth it holds is lost to them. They can't practice it because they can't see it. As we read God's Word each day our prayer ought to be that of the above: Open my eyes, that ...!! We need God to peal back our unbelief and see the great truths and insight in the Scriptures. How many times do we read a passage over and over only to come to it again on some special day that God opens up a new truth. We had read the truth hundreds of times but it is that day that we catch a deep meaning. Our prayer as we read the repetition of Psalm 119 should be that we don't pass over anything but that God will unfold the truth and open our eyes to see it.
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