We come to the end of the Psalm, and we're consistent with the theme -- the Psalmist continues to ask for understanding according to God's word. This is a hard thing to ask, because you're admitting that understanding may not come according to the ways you love, according to the things you want, but God may grant understanding in a way that is currently completely different than how we're living. When we choose to live according to God's precepts, God's hand may be ready to help, but that help may start us down a road that is unfamiliar.
It takes courage to delight in something unfamiliar, and a massive amount of trust not to run back to what you know.
Culture would have us believe that Christians make this leap of trust with blind faith, but our faith is anything but blind.
For 2,000 years, skeptics have pushed on the truth claims of Christianity. For 2,000 years, Christianity has stood firm, unafraid of examination, because countless historians and theologians both have examined the evidence and come to the conclusion that Christ rose from the dead, and the eyewitnesses of this event were the ones who carried this Good News into every corner of the known world, and the world has never been the same.
Standing in the tradition of the church, which has been passing on the Good News of this resurrection, our lips can pour forth praise, knowing that our lives are built on a firm foundation in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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