Daily Devotion

March 22, 2006

Psa 119:93 KJV  I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.

In any trade apprenticeship, we can learn the lessons, memorize the facts, repeat the elements of the theory; all without having the concepts completely sink in. The final needed element for these to become an unforgettable part of our consciousness is the one of practical experience.  

The Words and precepts of the Lord can be read, memorized, studied, theorized, but they can eventually be forgotten if they are not written in our hearts with the golden pen of experience, engraved on our memory with the stylus of God’s intolerable compliments in the forms of His personal deliverance from bitter and difficult situations.  

What a blessing it is to have been dead, and hear the LORD say, “Come forth” (John 11:43) or “Khumi” (Mark 5:41).  These are experiences, witnesses of the grace and love of God for us will never go away, whatever man may try to do or say.  

Except for John and Judas, each one of the disciples of Jesus died a martyr’s death.  But up until the time of the resurrection, they were weak. They had fled from the garden of Gethsemane and Peter had even denied knowing Jesus three times (Mat 26:25).  What changed them after the resurrection?  What gave them the conviction to all of a sudden be able to live and die for their message?  They had experienced the resurrection of Jesus.  Not only had they seen him, seen the holes in His hands and feet, seen the gash in his side, but also He talked with them, and personally taught them His Words from the Old Testament.  This caused the Old Words to become alive in their hearts, an experience that could never be forgotten, much less denied.

May the Word became a unforgettable experience in our hearts that will cause us to tell of them in a life-giving way, in the first person as a first-hand witness, to the benefit and edification of hearers.

1Jo 4:14  And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.