Psalm 119:129

Psalm 119:129 “Your statutes are wonderful; therefore, I obey them.”
 

When we consider something to be “wonderful,” we often think in terms of it being marvelous or unusually good. God’s “wonderful” statutes, in this case, means that they are beyond comprehension. They are too amazing for our minds to comprehend. A statute is an explicit law which is to be obeyed. 

David is expressing his explicit love and obedience to God by saying in essence, “Even though Your statutes are beyond my ability to understand, they are full of wonder. I will obey them because of my trust in You.” Another way of phrasing this is found in the writing of David’s son, Solomon, in Proverbs 3:5, “trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.”
 

In Judges 13, we find the account of Samson’s birth. An angel appeared to Samson’s mother and told her she would have a baby boy. In verse 8, Manoah, Samson’s father, prayed, “O Lord, I beg You, let the man of God You sent to us come again to teach us how to bring up the boy who is to be born.” After the angel reappeared and instructed them, Manoah inquired of the angel and said, “What is your name?”

In verse 18 the angel replied, “Why do you ask my name? It is beyond understanding.” The word “understanding” literally means, “wonderful.” The angel replied, “My name is too wonderful for you to even understand.” We are not to base our obedience to God on what we understand about God. Who understands God? Do you? 

David had a simple love for God that made his relationship with Him something sweet. It was David who said, “My heart is not proud, O Lord, my eyes are not haughty; I do not concern myself with great matters or things too wonderful for me” Psalm 131:1. The proud person must have everything explained to them before they will obey. The humble person simply says, “God You are too wonderful for me, I will innocently obey You.” 

Let me encourage you to take some time to meditate on this verse; as you do, think of God’s wonder.  Continued.