“Blessed is the man you discipline, O LORD, the man you teach from your law….” Psalm 94:12

How true this is, Lord: there is much joy in learning from your Word—the rich, deep, powerful, transforming, enlightening, convicting, guiding Word of God. Thank you that you apply this to our lives by your wise and persistent Holy Spirit.

Praise you, Lord God, Father in Heaven, for your great love in disciplining us--your stubborn, rebellious, lazy and self-centered children. You are so patient, so kind, so firm, so persistent in teaching us over and over again the same lessons. Praise you that you never tire of this, and with great patience, continue to the end.

Praise be to you for giving us your Word:

powerful,

perfect,

revealing your marvelous character,

instructing us in your ways.

Praise you that you preserved it down through the ages, had it translated and made available to us. Praise you that your Spirit uses it to transform us as we read, study and meditate on it. As Colossians 3:10 says, we “have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.” And that knowledge comes only from your Word.