DEEPENING YOUR SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING - PART 5

WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER 2025

When there is a continual access to rapid increase in informative spiritual realities and the corresponding explanatory illumination, it means that you are deepening your spiritual understanding of the Word. More below!

Reference: Isaiah 42:20-21 GOD'S WORD® Translation (GW)

"Seeing many things, but you do not observe; Opening the ears, but He does not hear. The LORD is pleased because He does what is right. He praises the greatness of His teachings and makes them glorious."

For the purpose of gaining a more profitable comprehension of our referenced Scripture, my expository focus in today's article is still majored on the first segmentary differentiation: "Seeing many things, but you do not observe."

Seeing many things, but you do not observe! In other words, you've seen a lot, but looked at nothing. To "observe" here means (to notice, note, behold, remark) and its all about the functions of two Greek words "paratéreó" which means to watch or notice, and "katanoeó" which means to detect a meaning - with deep, profound consideration.

When you've seen a lot in the Scriptures, you have to look thoroughly with a sense of notice and accurate perception, so as to carefully observe the "seen". Rewardingly, this is a critical observation or examination of a Scriptural passage, with an intent gaze, in order to explore both familiar and unfamiliar aspects of that which you have seen.

When you study the Word, the examination to ascertain the accuracy and satisfactory condition of truth disclosed is known as "Scriptural Observation." It is a term that ensures a detailed examination of the elements or structure of the revelatory insights seen or captured. So you can see many things, and observe.

To instantiate this phenomenal awareness, Psalm 119:105 reads, "Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path" (NIV). Did you notice the immediacy of the Psalmist's observation in this versified context? This observatory description denotes that the Psalmist treasured God's Word, not merely from its internal transformational perspective but from external luminous compliance. By this I mean that the Psalmist's feet were part of his outward appearance and his path conveyed the externality of his surrounding influences and his circumstantial indulgences. So there is an obvious intimation that there was no internal influence assigned to the Word in his sharp-witted observation.

Patently, there are further perceptions in the Psalmist's observation. Your word is a lamp for my feet! The first, which is the imagery of lantern that illuminated his feet, is an observatory intelligence that suggests a well ordered "footsteps" on the frequency of a clearer view.

The second imagery which is "a light on my path" is a broader observation that implies the breaking forth of light under the influence of manifest presence of the Word, and this light here is portrayed as a sure guide, leading the way. So the Psalmist observed what he saw in the Word, and what the Word represents or meant to him, and then, he carefully described their meaningful explication, which is an insightful enlightenment. Stay tuned for part 6. Shalom!

Scripture Reading - Psalm 16:11; John 5:39; 2 Timothy 2:15; 1 John 4:6.

Exuberant Declaration:

By my constant observation of spiritual realities, I acknowledge the prioritization of spiritual insights and comprehension over all worldly opinions and related concerns. Praise God!