Is Each Breathe We Take the Grace of God?

Yes.

Ps. 104:29 "You take away their breadth, they die and return to their dust."

Does God Leave the Earth to Run on Its Own After Creating It?

No. He continues to sustains it. Provides for it.

Ps 104:14 "He causes the grass to grow for the cattle and vegetation for the service of man that it may bring forth food,"
104:19 "He appointed the moon for seasons, the sun knows its going down,"
104:21 "The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God."

Not Ashamed of God's Word - Psalms 119:41-48

In Psalm 119:41-48, the psalmist bold portrays absolute confidence in God's word, in his life, to people around and to God.

He has absolute confidence in God's loving kindness and salvation according to His word. v41
Through His word, he has answer for people who reproach him. v42.
He has complete trust in His word. v42,43
The word permeates to his life, to his actions. He keeps the law continually. v44
He is not ashamed of sharing his testimonies concerning God in his life before kings. v46.
He delights in his word. v47
He meditates on it. v48

Many things to learn from these verses. Especially not being ashamed of sharing God's testimonies before kings. How often we shy away from mentioning God before others. Especially so when we are before people who rank higher in us in society. We tend to discount God, be afraid of how people view us when we mention God, afraid that some disadvantage/inconvenience will come us.

May God forgive us, and help us to be strong and courageous, to share our testimonies of God's grace in our lives before anyone.

Being Strengthened Through God's Word

Psalm 119:28 "I am weary from grief; strengthen me through your word."

In our deepest sorrows, griefs, depressions, worries, anxieties, who can we turn to? Often, we sought after a listening ear, a psychologist, a counselor. But above all that, let us turn to the word of God who strengthens us who are weary from grief. He never fails. He doesn't just solve problems at the surface or behavioral level. He solves the root of the problem for us through His sanctifying word.

Let us believe in the sufficiency, in the sanctification, in the salvation, of His word by reading it through and through. Through it, we are strengthened, like eagles soaring with their wings.

God's Word - My Base, My Delight, My Counselor

Psalm 119:23-24 "Though princes sit together speaking against me, Your servant will think about Your statutes; Your decrees are my delight and my counselors."

The Psalm of 119 uplifts the Word of God to be our life's highest standard, the source of all joy, all truth, all knowledge of God, guiding our lives.

Today, the world might look down upon those who regard the bible as the highest authority. Though they accept the bible as just one of the many religious books that teach morality, but they do not the bible as the absolute, highest, divine authority and Word from God.

Because of this, people will frown upon those who hold the bible as the utmost standard in their lives. They think that such people are wasting their time, investing their resources in vanity, unloving because they are not willing to compromise to other religious standards.

Psa 119:23-24 encourages us that though people may speak against us because of this. Even princes, people of high worldly position, may speak against us. But what we hold on to and controls our thinking, is God's Word.

Yet, this is not just a passive holding on to His Word in spite of opposition, but His Word becomes the delight to our lives. True joy, not dependent on people, conditions and surroundings.

His Word also becomes a counselor to us. Perhaps we are troubled, depressed, God's Word can be a counselor for us.