Psalm 16:8-11 I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.  Therefore, my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices: my flesh also shall rest in hope.  For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.  Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. (KJV)

When studying the Psalms I look for verses like these in the New Testament that points to Jesus.  These four verses were used by Peter on the day of Pentecost as proof that Jesus is the Lord and Messiah that the prophets had told us about in their writings.  Peter states in Acts 2:25 “For David speaketh concerning him” and then he speaks these words from Psalm 16:8-11.  At the end of his message on the day of Pentecost Peter gave the invitation in Act 2:38,39 of “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sin and ye shall receive the Holy Spirit.  For the promise is unto you and your children and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.” So here in Psalm 16:8-11 we see that David had foretold the message of Pentecost. 

I Corinthians chapter fifteen, the great resurrection chapter of the Bible, Paul speaks of the importance of the resurrection in the gospel message.  The preaching of the gospel is the message of how Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures, and that he was buried and rose again the third day according to the scriptures.  The more I study the Bible the more I realize how important the phase ‘according to the scriptures” can be in a person’s life.  The scriptures not only form the foundation of our faith, but the more we study and apply them to our life the greater our relationship with the Lord becomes as we travel this journey of ours on this earth.  Peter writes of the importance of the scriptures in II Peter 1:15-21 as he describes the event of the transfiguration he shared with John and James as Jesus talked with Moses and Elijah about his upcoming death.  In these verses he states that the more sure word of prophecy was a greater witness of the power of Christ then being an eyewitness of the Lord’s ministry. 

So, as we study the scriptures let the promise of the Holy Spirit fill your heart and open up the scriptures to enrich our hearts and transform us into a new creation, that seeks after the things that are above.  As Paul writes in Romans 12:1,2 that we might be transformed by the renewing of our minds that we might prove what is good and acceptable, and prefect will of God for our life.