FEBRUARY 10, 2026
Psalm 119:95-96
I will consider Your testimonies. I have seen the consummation of all perfection, but Your commandment is exceedingly broad.
As we start, allow me to clarify the point addressed by the writer with these words. As he considered the Word of God, he realized that in most things that require us to pursue a goal, there is a limit to it. In other words, at some point we expect the goal we pursue to be accomplished, that we may see the “consummation of all perfection,” as he put it. Even the Lord reached such a point when He created the heavens and earth; as vast as the Universe is, Scripture states, “Thus the heavens and the earth, and all the host of them, were finished” (Genesis 2:1). In contrast, the Word of God is “exceedingly broad,” which is to say there is no end to it.
Job said that the “deep things of God” are “higher than heaven … deeper than Sheol … longer than the earth and broader than the sea” (Job 11:7-9). Put simply, when it comes to searching and studying the Word of God, we will never attain the goal of “finishing” simply because the riches to be found in Scripture are immeasurable. I am convinced that, even if we could live for a thousand years, we would still fall short of understanding all there is to understand. Think of it this way: the Creator of all has no beginning and no end; He is from everlasting to everlasting, therefore, the same is true of His Word. No student of the Word, including the so-called theologians, has ever or will ever “finish” the Word.
This is not to say that we should approach the study of Scripture as being some endless pursuit with no unattainable benefit. To the contrary, where the Word is concerned, we have before us a fathomless pool of spiritual wisdom and understanding that provides inspiration and guidance for any and all circumstances. Moreover, it provides an avenue by which we get to better understand and appreciate its’ Author, the One who is without end and who is the source of incalculable benefits. Though we will never exhaust the boundless riches of the Scripture, every nugget we are able to mine from it is priceless.