Psalm 119 Pe

 "Your statutes are wonderful; therefore I obey them.

The unfolding of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple.

I open my mouth and pant, longing for your commands.

Turn to me and have mercy on me, as you always do to those who love your name.

Direct my footsteps according to your word; let no sin rule over me. 

Redeem me from human oppression, that I may obey your precepts.

Make your face shine on your servant and teach me your decrees.

Streams of tears flow from my eyes, for your law is not obeyed.

                Psalm 119:129-136 Pe

    God always has a plan and a purpose for everything that we do and every path we walk on throughout this life. The way His holy word, the Bible, is structured is no different. 

            "All scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."- 2 Timothy 3:16-17 

            "He has made everything beautiful in its time"- Ecclesiastes 3:11

            "Oh, the depths of his riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out."- Romans 11:33

    Throughout the Bible, there are moments when God tells his people to watch and see, then go and tell. The 119th chapter in the Psalms lays this out from one stanza to the next. In the previous secction, AYIN, we see that this letter, essentially a vowel in our alphabet, describes the window to the soul, our eyes. What we see and what we choose to focus on will be what ultimately comes out of our mouth(PE), and heart. This 17th letter in the section means simply that, the mouth by which we speak. From the blog A Small Drop of Ink, the writer has this to say about the correlation between Ayin and  Pe, 

            "Rabbis point out that “Pe” (mouth) follows the letter “Ayin” (eyes), suggesting the importance of seeing (understanding, having awareness) before opening the mouth. If this order is reversed, the result is mindless chatter."

How can we speak the words of truth and love and grace, if we have yet seen them for ourselves? If you have every been around someone giving a testimony, you believe the words more easily when you can see in their eyes that they have seen what they are speaking, and that they are speaking truth. Whenever someone speaks on a matter they know nothing of, their words fall short and the truth is far from them. 

I want to live a life of someone who has seen the works of the Father firsthand, so that when the time comes to share what I have seen, people will see the genuiness  of my words. 

            "Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be pleasing in your sight. O Lord, my strength and my redeemer"- Psalm 19:14

May the words that come from your heart be full of truth and pleasing to God, because you only speak about the things you have seen, and the things you have seen are good things bestowed on you by the Father. 

Adam Semple, AYoung Man on a Journey Through the Psalms