Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

Today we covered 8 Psalms. In our first chapter, Psalm 111, there were two words that jumped

out at me and reminded me of what we're doing here. The first is in verse two. It says, great are the

works of the Lord studied by all who delight in them. We're studying his works.

And I bet you're finding more and more to praise him about discovering more of his greatness along the way.

And did you notice the word delight in there?

That connects us with the other thing that jumped out at me, which was in verse 10.

It says,

the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

All those who practice it have a good understanding.

I will continue to point out that the fear of the Lord is comprised primarily of delight in awe,

and this verse says that viewing God rightly is where wisdom begins, and that those who practice

the fear of the Lord have good understanding. I made a little note in my journal that says what

does it look like for me to practice the fear of the Lord? Psalm 112 points out again

that delight is one of the components of the fear of the Lord.

First one says, Blessed is the man who fears the Lord who greatly delights in his

commandments. And that word blessed can also be translated as happy.

There's a happiness in this pursuit of God.

Those who delighting God's laws will surely be living them out, right?

This is how righteousness takes over a person's life. It starts in the heart and works its way out

through our actions. We don't create our own righteousness. It happens when God changes our hearts.

Verse 4 is so encouraging. It says, light dawns in the darkness for the upright.

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