Jeremiah's menu begins with Aleph .
Psalm 119, the longest psalm in the Bible, expounds the glory and wonder of God's Word. His torah. His law. Otherwise known as His usual way with people.
In Hebrew, Psalm 119 is laid out as an alphabetic acrostic from aleph to taw, the equivalent of our a to z.
Read Psalm 119:1-8
Aleph (ah-lef) is for "happy". Happy are those ...who walk in the law of the Lord!
"Blessed" is also a translation for the aleph-word found in this passage, but English doesn't have a single word that conveys the true sense of the Hebrew. According to the Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament it conveys the idea of “envious desire”. So, an alternate translation for the beginning of Psalm 119 might be:
To be envied with desire are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord!
To be envied with desire are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!
Oh, to be like the ones who obey God's Word. To be envied with desire. People want what you have. Doesn't everyone want to be envied that way? Learning about God and living His Word is the way to a life others desire.
There is no way like God's Way. It is a way that protects, guides, and satisfies.
Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:6). Seek Him, get to know Him, follow Him. That is the secret to a life that everyone wants to live.
"I came that they may have life and have it abundantly." -- Jesus
John 10:10
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