TO HIDE GOD’S WORD IN OUR HEART
TO HIDE GOD’S WORD IN OUR HEART
Today I heard this scripture: Psalm 119:11 Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you.
Then I pondered how one “hides” His Word in our heart. The Lord answered me, and said, Converse with Me.
HID: TO COVER OVER, TO HOARD, LAY UP, KEEP SECRET
Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary
צָפַן tsaphan (tsâphan)
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צָפַן tsâphan, tsaw-fan’
a primitive root; to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk:—esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).
verb
When I talk WITH the Lord, His Words are so precious and I don’t want to ever lose them,. So I hide them in my most treasure place, like a box of treasures. That treasure box is hidden from the world, it is kept secret to be known only between He and I, as between 2 beloveds holding onto each word spoken.
Hiding His Word in our heart, is simply remembering what He said and keeping that as the most valuable thing we have. When He speaks personally, it makes your heart full. You rehearse them, write them, read them, speak them, even adorn them. His Words become your very bread that you think upon day and night until He speaks a new one, and then you hang on to that one too!
Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible. The chapter are prayers about the Word of the Lord through His commandments, judgements, statutes, testimonies, precepts, laws. All of those are His Words. I went through down the list of verses and wrote down all the words that the author directly spoke about how he relates to God’s Words:
- keep
- seek
- walk
- respect
- learned
- taking heed
- sought you
- hid in my heart
- teach
- declared
- rejoiced
- meditate
- delight
- not forget
- behold
- longing
- understand
- talk
- chosen
- cling
- run
- observe
- longed after
- hoped
- speak
- loved
- hope
- remembered
- comforted
- my songs
- made haste
- not forgotten
- believed
- not departed
- refrained my feet
- inclined my ear
- trembles and afraid
- panted
- cried
- Rejoice
