Day 15
January 17
Psalm 119:113-120
“I hate the double-minded, but I love your law. You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word. Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God. Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope! Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for your statutes continually! You spurn all who go astray from your statutes, for their cunning is in vain. All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross, therefore I love your testimonies. My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.” Psalm 119:113-120 (ESV)
When we read a portion of scripture that speaks about “hating the double minded” or about enemies and evildoers, it’s important to define who these people are. Evil is real and there is absolutely an enemy of our soul named Satan, who has a way of tempting us and influencing our sinful nature. But that should lead us to see that this “double minded” person or the “evildoer” the psalmist speaks against is not outside of us, but attacks from within us. This psalm is not a call to arms against other people, but instead against sin.
Thomas Watson said, “Till sin be bitter; Christ will not be sweet.” In order to feast on The Word we must continually clear our pallet of all other flavors. This is repentance. A turning from sin and toward God.
Pastor Tyler Wolfe
“I hate the double-minded, but I love your law. You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word. Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God. Uphold me according to your promise, that I may live, and let me not be put to shame in my hope! Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for your statutes continually! You spurn all who go astray from your statutes, for their cunning is in vain. All the wicked of the earth you discard like dross, therefore I love your testimonies. My flesh trembles for fear of you, and I am afraid of your judgments.” Psalm 119:113-120 (ESV)
When we read a portion of scripture that speaks about “hating the double minded” or about enemies and evildoers, it’s important to define who these people are. Evil is real and there is absolutely an enemy of our soul named Satan, who has a way of tempting us and influencing our sinful nature. But that should lead us to see that this “double minded” person or the “evildoer” the psalmist speaks against is not outside of us, but attacks from within us. This psalm is not a call to arms against other people, but instead against sin.
Thomas Watson said, “Till sin be bitter; Christ will not be sweet.” In order to feast on The Word we must continually clear our pallet of all other flavors. This is repentance. A turning from sin and toward God.
Pastor Tyler Wolfe