The Psalmist, of course, sets the pace for a thought like this. Loving the Law of God, law simply being a synonym for the entire Word of God.

“O how love I thy law!” Psalm 119:97

And he must really do that, love the Bible, because he has talked about it for 96 verses now, with several Paragraphs to go! (In Psalm 119, all 176 verses are about the Scripture.)

Several people I’ve known come to mind, saints of God in my estimation, who really loved the Bible. I treasure having been around them, too.

The world has many (though their number is decreasing) bibliophiles. The noun means “book lovers.” (It’s Greek, “biblos” and “phileo.”)

But the world no longer has as many true Bible lovers, I fear.

Yet … there’s more involved than just loving the Bible, great as that quality is in a human life.

Back to Psalm 119:97 … “O how love I thy law! it is my MEDITATION all the day.”

If we love the Book enough, apparently we will meditate on it constantly. This verb (meditate = in Hebrew “siychah”) means “to think, ponder, reflect” on something.

Literally, to talk about the Word of God, even to pray the Word of God!

How much? How often? Look at the godly man as presented in Psalm 1 … “His delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.”

The idea surely being that as I love the Bible, I will also ponder the Bible, then undoubtedly I will obey the Bible!

A lot of “meat” in a single little verse today. Chew on it a while, digest it, grow from it!

“O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.”

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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