More precious, so much sweeter

Psalms 19:10 - They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb.

 

In the last few devotions, I noted David’s various descriptions and dividends of God’s Word. God’s Word is perfect, its trustworthy, its right, it’s radiant, pure and firm.

 

Having displayed the various spectrum of God’s Word, David comes to the conclusion on how it meant to him.

 

They say diamonds are a woman’s best friend but gold is everyone’s best friend. Especially during important occasions, you will be amazed at the weight and display of gold that man and woman alike, display. Sometimes I am amazed the thickness of the goldware around some necks. I just wonder how they carry these “burdens” around. But for the bearers, it’s something to be desired to make one feel and look good. It give some kind of status, prestige and dignity. 

 

For David, having tasted and seen all the best gold in the world, comes to the conclusion that God’s Word is far superior, much more to be desired than gold, than much pure gold. 

 

Furthermore its sweeter than the best sweetness the world can offer.

 

David, more than once, likened the benefits of Scripture intake to the joy of consuming the sweetest honey. “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth”Psalms 119:103.

 

“Honey is sweet; but honey just out of the comb has a sweetness, richness and flavour, far beyond what it has after it becomes exposed to the air. Only those who have eaten of honey from the comb can feel the force of the psalmist’s comparison: it is better than gold, yea, than fine gold in the greatest quantity; it is sweeter than honey, yea, than honey from the comb” (Adam Clarke).

 

I wonder how many of us would be able to make such attestation of God’s Word. A conclusion like the one that David makes, can only come when one has an intimacy with God’s word.

In our pressurised daily routines, there is always a tendency for us to go for “cheaper gold, diluted honey” and there are many such imitations available readily. I am not undermining such tools, devotions by tithers, that help us in our study of the Word. But if we really want to have pure gold and the sweetest honey, it only comes, when we take time to study, mediate and obey God’s Word. There is no other secret formula. 

Have you noticed that for some of us, we can spend a lot of time doing other things with our computers, our games, out social media but not the same with God’s Word. 

Psalms 1:2-3 reminds us that God’s word is the answer to our prosperity.

But they delight in the law of the Lord, meditating on it day and night. ³ They are like trees planted along the riverbank, bearing fruit each season. Their leaves never wither, and they prosper in all they do.

Proverbs 2:3-6 has this advice for all Christians:

Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding.⁴ Search for them as you would for silver; seek them like hidden treasures. ⁵ Then you will understand what it means to fear the Lord, and you will gain knowledge of God.⁶ For the Lord grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

I pray that I too will make the same acclamation that David makes of God’s Word - precious than gold, sweeter than honey.