True Perfection Psalm 119:96

96 I have seen the consummation of all perfection, but Your commandment is exceedingly broad.



David says something here that is very important for us to understand. He writes, "I have seen the consummation of all perfection." David has seen life at its best. He has experienced life in its fullest. He had opportunities that few will ever experience. He was able to do almost anything that he wanted to do with no worry about civil repercussion. If he wanted something, he got it. If he wanted to do something, he did it. David's life was full of opportunity and he had the world at his beckon call. David had seen it all.

Look at what he says next, "but Your commandment is exceedingly broad." At first, I read this and thought David was saying that God's provisions and His blessings were responsible for the perfection in life that David had seen. The reality of it is, this is exactly what he is saying but he is being even more emphatic than that. Notice he writes, "BUT" Your commandment is exceedingly broad. Davis is saying, I have experienced the best that life itself has to offer. I have done it all, "BUT" Your commandment is exceedingly broad. The best that the world has to offer, the best that he could do on his own could not begin to compare to what God had done for him!

Perfection in the world is nothing compared to the perfection that God provides for us! Here is the thing that we need to understand. We will never be able, for the most part, to do the things that David was able to do. We will never have the opportunity or the resources to experience life as the "rich and famous" do. This is not bad at all! In fact, David is saying, it is of no consequence at all because keeping God commandments is the real deal when it comes to true perfection in life!

The great thing about this is we all can experience perfection in life! All we have to do is walk in God's commandments and keep His Law and delight in His Word! When we do that, we will find His commandment exceedingly broad and His provisions perfectly satisfying! What a great God we do serve because His soul desire is to serve us!