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Have you ever read something that really challenged your thinking? Or maybe something that opened your mind up to a new idea? Sometimes we might become so familiar with a text that we forget that it might have any new impact in our lives. Amazingly, in Hebrews 4:12, the author says “the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”
Psalm 119 is a psalm focused on the beauty, guidance, and teaching of God’s word. It is the longest chapter in the Bible. As poems go, the English translation doesn’t do it justice. The entire Psalm is an acrostic, going through all 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. There are 22 stanzas of eight verses each, and within each of the stanzas, the first word of each verse begins with the corresponding letter.
The entire poem is written in admiration of God’s Word, and the way God’s Word impacts and shapes our character and conduct.