Wonderful Words!

In Psalm 119:129, we read -- Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them."  How very thankful we should be for God's Holy Word!  I don't think it is possible to place the Bible on too high a pedestal.  The Scriptures were written in the heart of God even before the creation, for Psalm 119:89 tells us -- "Forever, O Lord, Thy word is settled in heaven."  What a wonderful verse, and what a blessed assurance to know that Forever, God's Word is settled in heaven!!  Praise the Lord!  Then, in the first three verses of the book of Hebrews, we read --

      "God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds; who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high." 
Finally, when God's Word was complete, He concluded it with a somber warning in the last chapter of Revelation, verses 18-19 --
     "For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book."

God's Word will be our judge some day, and if we tamper with it, we are on dangerous ground.  The Psalmist said in Psalm 119:60 -- "Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of Thy righteous judgments endureth for ever."  And Jesus said -- "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away."  All we shall ever need for our guidance is to be found in God's wonderful Word!  II Timothy 3:16-17 tell us --
     "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."  Praise the Lord!  As far as I'm concerned, it is not possible to have too high a view of God's Word--our roadmap for the way to heaven--and I am thankful today that I am "Standing on the Word"!

     "Sure is my foundation, for I stand today on the living Word that faileth never.
Earth with all its glory soon must pass away, but the Word of God shall stand forever.
      Fearful are the storms that may around me beat; many are the foes that would assail me.
I have found a never failing, sure retreat in the Word of God that cannot fail me.

      Faith is resting on the promise strong and sure; hope is anchored safe and cannot falter;
Peace has found a haven from the storms secure in the Word of God that cannot alter.
      Like a beacon star to lead me thro' the night, like a light upon my pathway streaming,
Is the Word of God to guide my steps aright to my homeland with its portals gleaming.

      Standing on the Word, standing on the Word,
Standing on the never failing Word of God;
      Though many foes assail, His promise cannot fail,
For I'm standing on the never failing Word"!