God Reveals His Plan

Psalm 119:73 Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.

God's logic in this verse is absolutely superb! The Psalmist begins by saying that God created him. This is a personal creation: God has hands. The creation is a process over time--the hands are making and forming. The hands of God are purposeful. The Psalmist has been made according to design, not accidentally, or as a by-product of something else.

Because God is the creator, the designer, of the wonderful being that the Psalmist is, therefore, it is God who knows how best the created being should live. God has the master plan; he wrote the "code"; He has a purpose and a will concerning what He made.

God has shared His master plan with the created person in the form of the written word, known here as the commands of God.

Why do men resist living by God's word? Does a pilot not spend hours and hours learning how to fly his plane? Doesn't every driver's training student read the motor vehicle's manual? Doesn't a medical student study how the body is put together and the functions of its various parts?

Who but God, the designer of man, knows best how we should live? Following His plan provides the optimum for our lives.

And God's ways are good! God wants to bless us and give us His very, very best. The way to receive God's blessings is to follow His rules, to live according to His design for us. And so, the Psalmist asks for God's help in doing this. God helps everyone who asks Him for help to live according to His plan and purpose. He is a good God, a great and kind creator.

Psalm 34:8 Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!

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Lord, thank-You that You have shared with us Your "operating manual", Your "code" for our success, which is Your Word, our Bible. Thank-You that You have not kept Your desires and requirements a secret, but You have openly and plainly shared with us everything we need to know about how to please You and to find happiness in this world. You are a good and gracious God. Thank-You for Your Son. Give us understanding, Lord, to understand, desire, and obey Your commands. In Jesus' name, Amen.