the very best part

Psalm 119:57–64 NKJV
57 You are my portion, O Lord; I have said that I would keep Your words.
58 I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; Be merciful to me according to Your word.
59 I thought about my ways, And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
60 I made haste, and did not delay To keep Your commandments.
61 The cords of the wicked have bound me, But I have not forgotten Your law.
62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You, Because of Your righteous judgments.
63 I am a companion of all who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts.
64 The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy; Teach me Your statutes.

In Psalm 119:25-32, David prayed for revival.

In Psalm 119:49-56, David rejoiced in the revival he experienced, primarily through the Word of God.

Now in verses 57 to 64, David basks in the glory of having been drawn so very close to the Lord, not a perfect man by any means, but a revived and renewed man who is continually learning to know God more thoroughly through the study and practice of His Word.

The very best part of this new closeness to the Lord, David expresses in the first words of this stanza.

Psalm 119:57   You are my portion, O Lord;

David is saying, “I belong to God, and God belongs to me!”

In 1876, a hymn writer named George Robinson put this same thought to a melody.  Ponder the words of this hymn.

Loved with everlasting love,
Led by grace that love to know;
Gracious Spirit from above,
Thou hast taught me it is so!
Oh, this full and perfect peace!
Oh, this transport all divine!
In a love which cannot cease,
I am His, and He is mine;
In a love which cannot cease,
I am His, and He is mine.

Heav’n above is softer blue,
Earth around is sweeter green;
Something lives in every hue
Christless eyes have never seen;
Birds with gladder songs o’erflow,
Flow’rs with deeper beauties shine,
Since I know, as now I know,
I am His, and He is mine;
Since I know, as now I know,
I am His, and He is mine.

Things that once were wild alarms
Cannot now disturb my rest,
Closed in everlasting arms,
Pillowed on His loving breast;
Oh, to lie forever here,
Doubt and care and self resign,
While He whispers in my ear
I am His, and He is mine;
While He whispers in my ear
I am His, and He is mine.

His forever, only His;
Who the Lord and me shall part?
Ah, with what a rest of bliss
Christ can fill the loving heart!
Heav’n and earth may fade and flee,
Firstborn light in gloom decline,
But while God and I shall be,
I am His, and He is mine;
But while God and I shall be,
I am His, and He is mine.

If you would like to listen to a beautiful acapella rendition of the hymn, click this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gbWa2QBJ-0

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