Treasure His Word
10 Practical Ways to Show Your Love for Jesus — Devotion 2 of 10
Psalm 119:97 — “Oh how I love your law! It is my meditation all the day.”
Opening Reflection
"Oh how I love your law!" is an unusual sentence. Law, for most people, is not something to love - it is something to obey, tolerate, or resent. But the psalmist bursts out in an exclamation of affection, and in doing so shows us something essential: real love for God cannot stay indifferent to what He has said.
For the believer, Scripture is never merely abstract rules or ancient information. It is the voice of the One we love, still speaking. There is a world of difference between reading the Bible as data to be studied and receiving it as a beloved voice to be heard. The psalmist has clearly chosen the second.
Taking a Devotional View
Notice the psalmist does not say he loves God's law occasionally, in a weekly reading. He says it is his "meditation all the day" - a continual chewing over, returning again and again to the same words the way one returns to the memory of someone loved. This is not information gathering; it is relationship maintained through attention.
Psalm 119, the longest chapter in the Bible, is a sustained love song to Scripture - 176 verses on a single theme, written in an age of constant distraction we can hardly imagine, let alone our own. If the psalmist could treasure God's Word this deeply with far less access to it than we have, our own casual relationship with Scripture deserves honest examination. Treasuring God's Word is itself an act of love for Christ, of whom all Scripture speaks.
Key Thoughts & Takeaways
Key Thoughts
- The psalmist's cry "Oh how I love your law!" shows Scripture engagement rooted in affection, not obligation (Psalm 119:97).
- Meditating "all the day" describes continual delight, not a one-time reading (Psalm 119:97).
- Scripture is not abstract information but the voice of the One we love.
- Treasuring God's Word is itself an expression of love for Christ.
Ask Yourself
- Do I approach Scripture more like duty or delight?
- What would "meditating all the day" look like in my actual schedule?
- Have I begun to think of Bible reading as data collection rather than hearing His voice?
- What's one truth from Scripture I could carry with me and return to today?
Lord, give me a heart like the psalmist's - one that cries out "how I love Your Word" rather than merely checking a box. Let Your Word be more than information to me; let it be Your voice, speaking love over my life. Turn my reading into meditation, and my meditation into delight. In Jesus' name, amen.