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Well, a very good evening, one and all.

I hope you are well.

Why don't you turn back to Psalm 119 and the passage that Michael read for us.

And that handout as well, if you have it, is going to be, hopefully, extremely helpful

to you in following along this evening.

But why don't we pause just for a second, just for a minute or so, and let's just pray

as we come to God's Word together.

Let's pray.

Our Father in heaven, we thank you that we've been singing that you are the unchanging

God.

We praise you for the great love that you have shown on us, shown us that you continue to

lavish upon us.

And Father, it's our prayer now as we turn to your Word, that you would send your Spirit

and in the words of this Psalmist that you would give us understanding, that we might

obey and love your Word with all our hearts.

And this is our prayer made confidently to you in the name of Jesus Christ.

Amen.

So what is the nicest thing that you have ever tasted?

Have you got it?

So there's imaginations here.

You close your eyes and picture that thing.

Picture the smells.

Picture the plate.

Picture the sounds.

Picture the surroundings.

Picture the ambiance.

And you're tasting it.

And it's succulent.

It's lovely.

Now open your eyes again.

Now look to the person sitting next to you.

What words would you use to describe how that tasted to them?

How would you convey the beauty?

And I gave you that word succulent there.

It's my word of the week.

How would you use the words to convey to them how it tasted?

Now I was reading this week about food reviews.

And apparently the trick to a good food review is to use descriptive language that gets people

both to step into your shoes and to step into your mouth.

Now here's an example of how that works.

This is influential American food critic Mimi Sheraton, who's based in New York.

And here she is describing her love affair with caviar.

She says this.

It is now odd to think that when I, when as a child I tasted caviar, it seemed horrible.

All that oil fishiness popping on the tongue.

And then one day when I was about 20, I tried it again and couldn't believe that I had not loved it at first taste.

What seemed fishy, suddenly I perceived as having an alluring deep sea flavor with a silky gliding texture

and a tintillating tongue curling edge of ripe earthiness that spoke to me of endurance, quality and development.

Now I'll be honest, I don't have a clue about what half the words in that mean.

I have never tasted caviar in my life.

I always think caviar belongs less on my palate and more like somebody who should be playing center forward for hearts.

But having read that review, I really fancy a bit of caviar.

But they'll just need to deep fry it first and I'm all over it.

But let me ask you this evening, here's the question.

How does God's word, how does it taste to you?

How does it taste?

You know, that's the question that we're going to ask of Mr. Sam 119 this morning.

Last week we asked him what he believed about God's words.

And he told us that he rejoices in the truth that God's words is God's words.

That God has made himself known by his words.

And Mr. Sam 119 knows them to be so utterly trustworthy.

He can trust God's words because they are true words.

I'll get the slide up here, you need to see this.

There it is.

He trusts God's words because they are true words.

They are thoroughly good words.

And Mr. Sam 119, he's got the pulpit again this week.

And his question that we're going to ask him is, having heard what he believes about God's words,

we want to know how he feels about God's words.

And here's what he's going to tell us.

It is hands down the sweetest thing that he's ever tasted.

We're going to encounter tonight a man who is so ravished by beauty.

He absolutely loves God's words.

He loves it.

And because he loves it, he can't get enough of it.

And because he can't get enough of it, he wants more of it.

And he wants more of it for the pure and simple reason that he needs it.

In other words, God's words is the most delightful, the most desirable and the most dependable words in his life.

And here's what we need to see this evening.

What Mr. Sam 119 knows to be true about God's word, what he told us last week, it doesn't remain in his head.

But it impacts his heart.

You see, information leads to transformation and affection.

That light to his mind has led to heat in his heart.

In other words, God's word moves him.

And where he is, brothers and sisters, that's where I want to be.

You know, I found myself this week, I don't know if you've been reading it through this week.

I found myself as I've been reading it, not so much uttering an amen, but uttering a maybe.

And the thing is, I want his confession to be my confession.

Because when I read what he's writing, I feel massively shown up.

And what we're going to see, Mr. Sam 119, testify to us this evening,

that's where I want to be in my affection for the Lord and his word.

And so I would invite you, as I invite myself, to sit under this word this evening,

to hear what he's saying to us, and allow God's word by God's spirit to challenge us and change us.

As we see his love affair with God's word.

Here's his first exclamation from these verses.

He delights in God's words.

Now we're going to ask him what I asked you at the beginning.

How does God's word taste to him?

How does it taste?

And here's what he's going to say.

Verse 103.

How sweet are your words to my taste?

Sweeter than honey to my mouth.

Now I'm a dentist's son.

And so naturally I've got a sweet tooth.

And I remember very well the first time I was ever presented with a small spoon

to my palate filled with condensed milk.

And it blew my taste buds into oblivion with its sweetness.

And the psalmist is saying that God's word is like honey.

It's the sweetest thing he can imagine on his lips.

Is it as sweet as honey?

No.

It's sweeter than honey.

Oh, it's so much sweeter than honey.

It's the best thing he can think of to describe what it tastes like on his lips.

Do you see here a deep yearning that he possesses?

A longing after.

A hungering for.

A thirsting for God's word.

Now he's going to use that word delight seven times throughout this psalm.

What an incredible thing to say.

And I guess the question that's screaming at us this evening is, is that as we come to God's word each day,

as we come to read it, is that how it tastes to us?

You know, when I first moved to Edinburgh, I used to live with a good friend of mine.

And he used to have for his tea every single night, emphasis on the word every,

and on the word single, and on the word night.

Every single night, a microwaved baked potato.

Quick, dry, bland, boring, repetitive, zero taste.

Not something to be enjoyed, but something just to fill a hole.

Friends, is God's word, if you had to describe the taste,

is it less honey, and is it more microwave baked potato?

Is reading it, is encountering it, is it way more about duty than it is about delight?

Does the thought of reading it, does it brew in you more frustration than it does affection?

And so as we read, as we encounter the psalmist's affectionate exclamation here,

the question that I'm asking my head, as I look at my own heart, is how has he got there?

Because that's where I want to be.

Well, if that's your question, look at verse 97.

What is he saying?

He says this,

Now you might have noticed it as you've read through it there.

Twice in these verses alone, he uses that word meditate.

And indeed, he uses that word seven times throughout this psalm.

The same amount of times that he uses the word delight,

he uses the word meditate.

I'll let you draw any conclusions that you want from that.

Now, what we need to understand is that that isn't accidental repetition.

That is not evidence of a limited vocabulary.

That is affectionate emphasis.

He meditates on God's word.

Meditates.

It's a beautifully biblical word,

but it's a word that our society has hijacked.

It's not just Eastern religions at the other side of the world

that are talking to us about meditating.

It's yoga classes and Pilates classes

at the other side of our streets

that are talking to us about meditating.

What does it mean?

Well, Christopher Ash,

who has so helped me see the beauty of this psalm,

he comments that the biblical idea of meditating

isn't so much about putting your mind in neutral.

It's actually about putting your mind in gear.

It's not about emptying your mind out.

It's about filling your mind up.

It's not a technique with rules,

but it's a relationship with living dynamics.

The word meditate,

the Hebrew word here,

is to chew something over.

So the psalmist is saying

that he's spending quality time reading God's words.

He's chewing it

and he's swallowing it.

He's chewing it

and he's swallowing it again.

Brothers and sisters, join with me, okay?

Let's chew it.

He chews it

and he swallows it.

He chews it

and he swallows it.

He marinates himself in God's words.

He considers it.

He ponders it.

He examines it.

He exposes himself to it.

And this isn't some kind of fleeting glance

that he gives God's words.

This is a fixed gaze.

Now, how often does he do this?

All day long.

Now, let me ask you this evening,

knowing my own heart in this area,

how much of your day do you spend

meditating on God's words?

What would your teeth be like,

the state of your teeth,

if we chewed on this every day?

And can I draw the conclusion,

again knowing my own heart,

is it any wonder

that our affections for the Lord

are sometimes stale and lukewarm

when we go sometimes days

without reading God's words?

Are we cultivating,

are we creating space

in our days for God's words?

Now, when I used to live down in Bristol,

I encountered many people there

who told me about this great man

called George Muller.

Some of you might have heard of him.

A great Christian evangelist

and director of the Ashley Down Orphanage

in Bristol,

just around the corner

from where I used to live.

They've named a street after him.

It's said that he cared for,

in his lifetime,

10,024 orphans.

And people asked him

the secret to how he was able

to keep going

in the busyness of his life.

And he said this.

He said,

the first great and primary business

to which I ought to attend every day

was to have my soul

happy in the Lord.

The first thing

in my day

to be concerned about

was not how much

I might serve the Lord,

but how I might get my soul

into a happy state

and how my inner man

might be nourished.

Isn't that a wonderful thing to say?

How insightful.

Delight in the Lord.

Are we making time in our day

to be happy in the Lord?

As Corrie Ten Boom famously said,

do we make an appointment

with God

and do we keep it?

And that's the example

that Jesus sets for us as well

as we read the Gospels.

It always amazes me

as I read them through

the question

that people so often

ask Jesus

and say about him

is,

where does this man

get his understanding from?

You'll find an example of that

in Matthew 13.

Where does this man

get his understanding from?

Here's what we need to see.

That our Lord

didn't download it

from heaven's archives.

He learned it.

He devoted himself to it.

Jesus got his wisdom

from the word of God.

He delighted in it completely

and on it

he meditated day and night.

He is the true

Sam one man.

You see the thing is

God won't love us

more or less

based on whether

we've had a quiet time

each day or not.

And we need to be

very careful

that we get our thinking

right on that one.

We are saved by grace alone.

But,

but,

as we encounter

God in his word

and as his spirit

speaks to us

through it

and reveals to us

how much God

loves us

to the length

that he's gone

to achieve our salvation.

Friends,

how can we not

love God more?

How can we not

love God more?

Mr. Sam 119

he delights

in God's word.

He chews it over

all day long.

And naturally

as it tastes so good

he wants more of it.

He desires it.

And he tells us

why he desires it.

Look at verses 98 to 100.

He says this,

Your commands

are always with me

and make me wiser

than my enemies.

I have more insight

than all my teachers

for I meditate

on your statues.

I have more understanding

than the elders

for I obey

your precepts.

Do you see

what he's saying there?

He's saying that

God's word

makes him wiser

than the world

around about him.

It gives him

more wisdom,

more insight,

more understanding

than those people

that he's living with.

And how can it do that?

The answer is

the source of it.

Where it comes from.

Mr. Sam 119

what does he do?

He lifts his eyes up

and he contemplates

the source

of this word.

Verses 80, 90, 91

he says this,

Your word Lord

is eternal.

It stands firm

in the heavens.

Your faithfulness

continues

through all generations.

You established

the earth

and it endures.

Your laws

endure to this day

for all things

serve you.

So do you see

what he's doing here?

His eyes

are looking

upwards.

He's taking stock

of the skies

that God's word

originates

in eternity past.

That God's word

established

the world.

And God's word

will not be moved

or grow powerless.

It is

timelessly

perfect.

One of you know

that feeling

when you find

an old photo

of yourself

from many,

many years ago.

Maybe with a

meticulous comb over.

I dare say that's true

of a lot of gentlemen

in here.

Or a groovy set

of ripped jeans.

What's the thing

that you always

think to yourself

and say to those

who are looking

at the photo

with you?

What was I thinking?

And then you think

about how you used

to think

ten years ago.

And what do you

say to yourself?

What was I thinking?

Here's what the

psalmist is saying.

God's word

unlike us

is never going

to change.

It does not

change

with the seasons

like we do.

It is eternal.

It endures

to this day.

It is perfect.

And so what he does

he does a really

simple maths equation.

His logic

is that

the eternal

powerful

and established

word from heaven

what it says

is able to make

him more wise

in life

than the finite

voices of the earth

and the people

round about him.

This wisdom

God's wisdom

is never going

out of date.

The psalmist

sees this

as wisdom

and thousands

of years later

people still

see this

as wisdom.

You wouldn't

be sitting

here today

if that wasn't

the case.

That is one

of the things

that convinced

me that this

is true

that this

is timeless

truth.

Because people

are looking

to this

for wisdom.

And guess

what?

People in the

future will

look to this

as wisdom.

Why?

Because it's

God's eternal

words.

There's never

coming a day

when this

is not

wisdom.

C.S. Lewis

put it

beautifully

when he

said,

anything

that isn't

eternal

is eternally

out of date.

Let me ask

you this

evening,

where are

you looking

for your

wisdom?

Who are

you looking

to for

your wisdom

and your

understanding?

Are you

looking in?

Are you

looking into

the hero

inside yourself

as M people

so wonderfully

sang?

God's word

will tell us

the folly

of that,

the foolishness

of trusting

in the

deceitfulness

of our

own hearts

to guide

us through

life?

That the

way of

man is

not to

be found

within

himself?

Are you

looking in?

Are you

looking out

to the

world out

there,

to people's

opinions and

logic and

interpretation?

Now don't

hear me wrong,

there's a lot

we can learn

from the

world outside,

but we need

to understand

that it is

finite and

fallen.

or are

you looking

up to

the one

who created

the world

in wisdom?

Do you see

what the

psalmist is

doing?

He is

looking up

to the

heavens,

the heavens

that declare

to him

the glory

of God,

the sky

that declares

to him

God's

handiwork,

the stars

that are

singing to

him that

the God

that made

them and

the God

that made

him is

incredible.

And as

he looks

up,

he looks

down.

He looks

down to

God's

words that

he has

in his

hand.

The God

who threw

stars into

existence has

spoken to

him and so

he's taken

his chances

with this

wisdom.

Friends,

are you

looking to

the creator

for your

wisdom?

Or are

you looking

to the

creature?

I know

in my own

heart how

easily I'm

deceived into

thinking that a

better life

a better

joy,

a better

wisdom is

found out

with God's

words.

And the

truth that we

need to

understand here

is that God's

ways,

God's ways

are so much

higher than

our ways.

That God's

wisdom is so

far above and

so much better

than the wisdom

of the world.

And how is

God's wisdom so

supremely seen?

It's seen at the

cross.

Paul,

writing to the

Corinthians,

he says this,

Jews demand

signs and

Greeks look

for wisdom.

But we

preach Christ

crucified,

a stumbling

block to

Jews and

foolishness to

Gentiles,

but to those

whom God has

called,

both Jews and

Greeks,

Christ,

the power of

God and the

wisdom of

God.

For the

foolishness of

God is wiser

than human

wisdom and

the weakness

of God is

stronger than

human strength.

Just pause for a

second and take

that in.

one of the TV

shows that Alex and

I love to watch

is Dragon's Den.

Don't know if we

have any Dragon's

Den fans out

there.

There's a place

that you will see

the world's wisdom

on full display.

And there is some

very impressive

stuff in there.

We're watching it

yesterday and there's

a couple of

gentlemen on who

have invented a

flat pack that you

can build in under

two minutes.

They fully made a

wardrobe in less

than two minutes.

That is impressive.

That is impressive.

And I'm watching

this the other night

and I'm thinking to

myself, I wonder

how the Apostle Paul

would get on in

Dragon's Den.

You ever thought

that?

You have now.

How would Paul get

on in Dragon's Den?

Imagine the scene.

Paul, nice to meet

you.

What's your business

proposition?

Well, it's this

message called the

gospel.

This new life that

we have in Jesus

Christ.

The wonderful message

that the world

needs to hear.

That God so loved

the world that he

gave his one and

only son who came

to die the death

that you and I

deserve to die on

the cross so that

we could be forgiven

and restored.

And the wonderful

news is he hasn't

stayed dead.

He has risen from

the grave.

He has ascended

into heaven where he

rules and reigns

and one day he's

coming back to judge

the living and the

dead and you need

to believe in him.

Nah.

One dragon's out at

that point, I'm

guessing.

Carry on a little

bit more, Paul.

That's a ludicrous

idea, but we're into

money making here.

What kind of profit

is this business

making you?

Well, none actually.

I used to be pious

and an achiever,

but since meeting

Jesus and having been

transformed by him,

I am no longer my

own.

I am his servant.

My life is his now.

In my life now,

I've been shipwrecked.

I've been beaten.

I've been given

lashes.

My life is constantly

in danger.

I know hunger.

I know cold.

But whatever again I

had, I count as loss

for the sake of Christ.

Indeed, I count

everything of loss

because of the

surpassing worth of

knowing Christ my Lord.

For his sake, I've

suffered the loss of

all things and

count them as rubbish

in order that I may

gain Christ.

What profit am I

making?

No thought.

All the two dragons,

I imagine, will be out

at that point.

One of them might give

him pity and say to

him, well, Paul,

we've heard you this

far.

How are you going to

gain followers for

this gospel?

How are you going to

sell this to people?

Well, ultimately, we

follow Jesus.

the one who commanded

us as his followers to

follow his example, to

die to self, to take up

our cross and to follow

him.

And that's the message

that has won me.

And that's the message

I'm going to keep

proclaiming because it is

the power of God unto

salvation.

All dragons out at that

point.

Friends, do you see how

God's wisdom is not as

the world's wisdom?

God's wisdom is so far

above the wisdom of

this world.

Tim Keller writes this,

yes, God is a king, but

is a king who came to

earth and went not to a

throne, but to a cross.

Where are you looking to

for your wisdom?

Are you looking in?

Are you looking out?

Are you looking up?

And as you look up, does

it compel you to look

down?

Mr. Sam 119, he desires

God's word because he

knows it's the source of

true wisdom.

Look at his declaration

at verse 96.

To all perfection I see a

limit, but your commands

are boundless.

He loves it.

He delights in it.

He desires it.

And third thing to see is

that he depends on it.

Now I'm one of three boys

and when we'd all flown

the nest, my parents

decided to do what all

parents do when their

boys fly the nest and get

a dog.

And so they got a little

parson terrier and Alex

and I went home recently

and we took the dog with

my parents for a walk up

the moors.

They live in Glasgow up

beside the moors.

So we went for a walk

with this dog and the

minute they took this thing

off the leash.

It caught a whiff of deer

or highland cattle in its

lungs and boom, off.

And I turned to my dad

and I said, dad, should I

be chasing this thing?

Is this not panicking you?

Why?

And my dad turns to me and

says, don't worry son,

you'll find his way on

home.

You'll find his own way

home.

And sure enough, half an

hour's walk came back

around and there he was.

He's standing there.

What is Mr.

Sam 119 saying?

He depends on God's word.

Why?

Because he is not a

sheepdog.

He is a sheep.

He cannot find his own

way home.

He depends on God's word.

His bringing home is

entirely reliant on

another.

And he knows it.

Now look what he writes

at verses 92 to 94.

This is the confession of

a man with strong

awareness of his

frailty.

Look what he writes.

If your law had not been

my delight, I would have

perished in my affliction.

I will never forget your

precepts for by them you

have preserved my life.

Save me for I am yours.

I have sought out your

precepts.

So he knows affliction.

He knows his constant

need for the leading of

God's word in his life.

Do you see what he's

saying in his testimony?

That if it wasn't for

God's word, he would have

died.

This word, this divine

word is a life-saving

word.

It gives him life.

It's a redeeming word.

And because of that, he

submits himself to it.

Do you see the submission

there?

I am yours.

He casts himself on the

grace and the mercy of God.

Let me ask you this evening,

do you think you can find

your own way home?

Is there within you a deep

and utter dependence on

God's words?

Because the truth is that if

you and I were left to our

own devices, we would be

chasing our own dreams and

fantasies.

In the words of Psalm 1, we

would be chasing chaff.

We would not find our own

way back.

Like Mr.

Psalm 119, we are

completely dependent on

God's gracious words to

bring us home.

But just living this side of

the cross, we know that

gracious words finds its

fullest and most glorious

expression in Jesus Christ.

Now here's the question that's

puzzled me this whole week as

I've been reading this Psalm.

As Mr.

Psalm 119, as he opens God's

word, as he looks at God's

law, how is it that he feels

delight?

Surely he would look at that

and he would feel condemnation.

He would feel like a complete

failure for his inadequacy to

live up to this.

How has he got from there to

being a delight?

Well, the answer must be that

by his spirit, God was showing

him that his word is a

gracious and life-giving

word.

And how does John introduce

us to Jesus at the beginning

of his gospel?

Jesus full of grace and truth.

Do you see how God's word is

ultimately all about Christ?

Do you see how it is leading

us to him?

The life giver, the truth.

Jesus, the perfect law

keeper.

The one who succeeded where

you and I have failed.

You see, when we accept him

and love him, his reward

comes to us.

The reward for his perfect

law keeping comes to us.

And why?

Because our punishment for

our failure to live up to

that went to him.

Only in Jesus can we say

that God's word is truly a

delight to us because we see

gospel.

Only the gospel can rewire our

hearts so that this word is

not a word of condemnation,

but it's a word of grace and

truth and life.

Let me ask you this evening,

is it a word of grace to you

or do you still feel

condemnation as you look at

it?

The moralistic person obeys

the word of God out of fear.

The Christian says, I delight

because obeying God's law

delights the one who delighted

me so much when he died for me.

You see, only in the gospel,

friends, do we get the verdict.

Only in the gospel do we get the

verdict before we get the

performance.

We need to make sure we get

that right.

God says, I love you,

therefore love me.

I love you, now you can love me.

You see, the law exposes the

disease the gospel tells us and

gives us the remedy.

We are completely reliant and

dependent on Jesus Christ to

bring us home.

And now when we look into the

word of God, we don't see a

crushing burden, we see beauty

and delight.

Tim Keller puts it beautifully

when he says, only in Jesus does

the law become a honeycomb.

You see, once we understand the

gospel, only then can this word be

a delight to us.

Let me ask you, friends, as we

bring things to a close.

Jesus Christ, how does he taste

to you?

How does the gospel taste to you?

Have you grown lukewarm?

Have you grown cold in your

affection for Jesus Christ?

You know, we went away yesterday

as an elders team.

It was a brilliant day.

Thank you so much for your

prayers.

And we started the day looking at

Jesus' words in revelation to

the church in Ephesus.

And Jesus says to that church, I

know you.

I know your toil and your hard

work, but I have this against you,

that you have left, you have lost

your love that you had for me at

first.

What a warning that is to us.

Friends, can I ask you, are you

busy just running around doing

things?

Now, there's nothing wrong with

that as long as behind it there is

an affection and a relationship

with the Lord Jesus.

Does the gospel still thrill your

heart?

Do you rejoice in the new life that

Jesus Christ has given you?

There's something that we can do

this week.

There's something I've tried to do

this week, and I pray that you'll

join me in doing it this week

coming.

It's really just to put, really

simple, just put a post-it note at

the front of your Bible.

And it just says, simply this,

show me Christ.

Show me Christ.

And as you come to your Bible

every day, if you stick that

post-it note on it, make that your

prayer.

Make it your prayer and say, Lord,

help me as I come to your word this

morning to see the beauty and

delight in Jesus Christ.

Now, you're thinking to yourself,

where am I getting a post-it note

from?

They're down there.

Show me Christ.

And as that happens, ask that God

would place within you a growing

and a deeper desire and a love for

Jesus that bursts into praise so

that we can exclaim with the

psalmist, Lord, I delight in your

words.

Do you desire more of Jesus Christ

each day?

Do you delight in Jesus Christ?

Do you depend on him?

Do you think?

Now, just as we close, I read this

story this week about the German

pastor, Martin Nimler.

I think that's how you say his name.

I'm not looking at John because he

told me how to say it, and that's not

right.

German pastor who was imprisoned in a

Nazi concentration camp from 1937 to

1945.

And he was imprisoned for his stance

against Nazi state control of the

churches.

And reflecting on his time in the

camp, he said this of his Bible.

He said this of God's word.

The Bible, what did this book mean to

me during the long weary years of

solitary confinement?

And then for the last four years at the

Jachau cell building, that's where he

was.

The word of God was simply everything

to me.

Comfort and strength.

Guidance and hope.

Master of my days and companion for my

nights.

The bread which kept me from starvation

and the water of life that refresh my

soul.

And even more, solitary confinement

ceased to be solitary.

Isn't that an amazing thing?

There's a man who we can't even begin to

imagine the things that he saw and the

things that he experienced.

But there's a man who absolutely

delighted in God's words.

It was his comfort in affliction.

Brothers and sisters, as we close now,

do we have that same mindset and desire

for God's words?

Can we offer a hearty amen to what Mr.

Sam 119 has told us this evening?

Because we've asked him what he feels about

God's words.

And he's told us that he loves it.

He's told us that he desires it.

And he's told us that he depends on it.

So this week, as you dive into Sam 119,

I pray that that will be your experience.

I pray that's the experience of all of

us.

And why don't you come back next Sunday

and we'll ask Mr. Sam 119 one more

question.

We'll ask him, knowing what he believes,

knowing how he feels, we'll ask him,

what does he do with God's words?

So why don't we just pause and pray together

as we close?

And just in the silence, I wonder if you just

want to pray simply this.

Lord God, show me Christ.

Our loving Heavenly Father, we are so grateful, Lord,

for our time together this evening.

And the opportunity that we've had just on the cusp of

another week to spend time delighting in your words.

And Lord, it's our prayer that you would help us desire it

more, to delight in it more, to depend on it more, and to

see Christ.

Father, we want to pray that we would be blown away by his

glory this week.

Would you come and help us?

Would you help turn our eyes from looking to worthless things?

And would you help reorientate us?

So that your statutes and your Son become our absolute delight.

And so this is our prayer in Jesus' name.

Amen.