The Blessedness of God's Holy Law

Surely there is not one verse in all this Psalm [119] (although there are many) wherein there is not mention made of one of these words, namely, either the law of God, or of his Commandments, Statutes, or Testimonies, or of his Voice, Judgements, or Justice.  These words are here so many times repeated, as that there is not one verse, but that there is one or sometimes two of them in it; as hereafter we shall see throughout the whole Psalm.

Now, let us come to this matter herein contained; “Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart!”  First, David declares …that we have greatly profited in the law, when we shall acknowledge and confess what affection and love God bears us and how we ought to assure ourselves of his good will and fatherly love.  And afterward, he tells us to what end and purpose it is, that God grants unto us such an assurance, because (says he), we should seek him.  …As God …declares himself unto us by his word; it is impossible but that we should stir up ourselves, and be moved to give ourselves wholly unto him.  And to prove that this is true, behold the inestimable bounty and goodness declared unto us in our God, what man is he that is so perverse and void of sense and reason who will not be contented to place himself there, where he thinks his whole blessedness and felicity consists…

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Again, assurance of salvation is the theme of this reading.  Have you this assurance of God’s grace and benevolence towards you? Have you sought Him with your whole heart?