“Your Word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You!”
—Psalm 119:11
THE PSALMIST had a true love for God, and he demonstrated it not only by hiding the Word in his heart but also by his attitude. Notice he hid the Word in his heart so he might not sin against God. This was first and foremost on his heart. He did not want to sin against God. Notice what Joseph said to Potiphar’s wife when she tried to entice him, “There is no one greater in this house than I, nor has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” (Genesis 39:9)
LIKE THE PSALMIST, Joseph’s first response when tempted with sin was his concern for the God he loved. “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” How many times have believers sinned when faced with persecution, temptation, sickness, or death because the Word of God was not dwelling in them richly? You see, when God’s Word is not in the heart, we do not know how to handle the trials that come upon us in this life and so we respond in a sinful manner. The psalmist said, “Your Word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against You.”
WHEN YOU HIDE God’s Word in your heart you are hiding a Word that never needs correction, a Word that never needs to be revised, or updated because the Bible alone is the Word of the eternal, almighty, faithful God, the God who is and who ever shall be. “All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away, but the word of the LORD endures forever” (1 Peter 1:24-25). Does God’s Word dwell richly in your soul?
Tuesday Encouragement: August 19, 2025
In Christ,
Pastor S. Henry
