Pray the Psalms: Psalm 119 – Part 3

[MUSIC PLAYING] Hi, it’s Rick Hamlin, back with praying the psalms. 

Here we’re on Psalm 119, and it’s a long one, and I’m breaking it up. But, as always, I remind you to just look at certain verses. The—the verses that spoke to me in this psalm are very much about the physicality of prayer. The language is very physical—we feel God’s presence. Like this, “How sweet are thy words! Sweeter than the taste of honey to my mouth!” Or, “Rivers of water run down my eyes when I do not keep thy judgments.” Or, “My flesh trembles.” 

God knows that we are physical beings and we can physically celebrate and worship. And we can physically feel our presence with God, or our lack of presence when we feel separated from God. 

Not long ago, somebody gave me some honey. And, you know, I’d go in there and the kitchen and just take a spoonful of honey and—and suck it off the spoon. “Thy words are sweet to my mouth, sweeter than honey.” What a great reminder that God is somebody who is part of our physical lives, not just something up in our head, not just something we say, but something that we can feel in all parts of our being. 

Psalm 119. 

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