Psalms 119:97

Psalms 119:97 says, Again we have the identifier, MEM, then verse ninety-seven says, O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.  David said he loved God's law and meditated on it all day.  We as followers of Christ should feel the same way, but often we seem to look at God's law as a burden and meditate on everything but it.  Verse ninety-eight adds, Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.  God's commandments should make us wiser than our enemies and His commandments should be with us forever.  Verse ninety-nine continues, I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.  I don't believe that David was bragging about his own brilliance, but was speaking about the superiority of God's teachings over man's teachings.  There are some brilliant people today whose teachings are wrong because they do not acknowledge or they even deny God's existence.  Verse one-hundred states, I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.  David said his understanding was based on God's precepts and was greater than the knowledge of those who based their knowledge on the teachings of the ancients, who would at best be limited in their knowledge, even if it were based on God's law.  We need to look to God's law itself for our best understanding of what it means to be a Christian, and not just to other Christians, past or present.  Verse one-hundred -one adds, I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.  Though David said he had refrained from following every evil way, we know this was not true, since at times he did go against God's law or commandments.  We have all sinned at times, both before and after we accepted Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, but hopefully not too often afterwards.  Verse one-hundred-two continues, I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.  As just discussed, we know this was not always true.  David could not stand before God by his own innocence, and neither can we.  Verse one-hundred-three says, How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!  David declared God's words to be sweeter than honey.  I believe too often we act as though God's word leaves a bitter taste in our mouth, robbing us of joy instead of bringing it into our life.  Verse one-hundred-four adds, Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.  We like David should get our understanding from God's precepts, or laws, and we should hate everything that goes against His laws.  We should never attempt to mix God's truth with the truth of the world.