Psalm 119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.

As I opened up my biblegateway app this morning to study God’s Word, this verse came up as the daily opening verse. I know what it means. It means more than it says in mere words. So I went to look at all of the translations and all of them deal strictly with translation from the Hebrew. None of those translations said what it means.

It means, “I have chosen Christ, I walk by faith.”

You might well ask how I can come to that conclusion and my answer would have to be that I chose Christ and I walk by faith. Once you accept Jesus Christ into your heart, choosing Him as Lord and have no other God before Him, His Word takes on a relevant meaning like never before. It is no longer words to be learned, studied, translated, followed, obeyed, memorized and quoted. They are your life.

John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Faith transforms the way and the truth into a life in Christ that no long lives in the world because you walk by faith and not by sight. The old adage “seeing is believing” is no longer true. Faith is believing. To see with these spiritual eyes means to ignore what the world is trying to make you believe. The world is like a magician with sleight of hand magic. If it isn’t deception then at best it is vanity.

How do I know this? I know it in the same way a man knows his wife in a fifty year marriage.

My life is in Christ.

Romans 16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,

Paul refers to a great mystery in Ephesians chapter 5. He does not say greatest mystery, just great. It is interesting to me that this great mystery is not a mystery at all. That which is known is not a mystery. I do understand that for many, even believers, there are still mysteries. What classifies a mystery as being great or even perhaps the greatest mystery of all?

Is it lack of understanding that makes it great? Is it the obstacles that must be removed; how can faith remove a mountain to the sea? Is it seen in the motivations behind actions? Why would God (insert your mystery here)? I believe we all have our share of mysteries to uncover.

One of the greater mysteries to me is how God chooses to do what, to whom and when with this power which only He can wield. If He is a sovereign God then He should be able to enact His will at any time. He heals one and not another yet loves both equally. That is such a mystery to me. I’ve been on the receiving end of that and it perplexes me. Why me Lord?

I’ve been reviewing some issues of impossible tasks. All things are possible with God yet there are places within scriptures where it clearly says “it is impossible”. When it comes to those moments I wonder if the only thing impossible is understanding. Then the Holy Spirit pierces my heart with truth and I discover myself wrong once again.

1 Timothy 3:16a And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:

Why do so many 3:16 verse carry powerful and meaningful truths?