Psalm 19 extols six aspects of the Word of the LORD. Personally I find this section (v 7-9) to be one of the most poetically beautiful paragraphs in all of Scripture. Today I want to briefly focus in on one of those aspects: “The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes”.
To say the commandment of the LORD is pure, is to say that the law of Yahweh is without pollution – or – it is perfection. One cannot find error in the commandments that the LORD has made – after all they are the revelation of the One who gave them.
But it is the result of this pure Word that caught my attention: “enlightening the eyes”. To enlighten is to help one to see or understand. There have been a few times in my life when I held the sacred responsibility of holding the flashlight. Yes, on those occasions I was responsible to shine that light on the thing someone more skilled than I was trying to fix. But even as skilled as I am at holding a flashlight I wasn’t doing the enlightening the flashlight was.
God’s pure word is like a flashlight that helps us to see and understand. This understanding is primarily a spiritual understanding, but having spiritual understanding benefits a person in every way. Allen Ross writes, “It [God’s Word] gives people spiritual understanding and guides them in the right choices. Spiritual perception is essential for survival.” (Allen Ross, A Commentary on the Psalms)
So today and everyday open up your Bible and let it enlighten your eyes, so that you might understand, know and glorify Jesus.
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