Saturday, January 5, 2019

OT: The Book of Psalms, Psalm 65

Psalm 65:1-13

65:1-3 Our God has earned His praise. As we walk toward Him, make mistakes and He makes atonement for them. Therefore as we walk toward Him, we praise. 

65:4 Blessed is the person seen and chosen by God for His purposes. The blessed condition of our service to Him: to be in the presence of God. For all the wealth and power that is in the world, it is the Lord in heaven that David valued. 
Psalm 84:10 
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
65:5-6 God's answers are consistently in the form of awesome deeds in righteousness. Even when His answer is quiet, even when His answer is not yet, even when His answer is no, all of the answers come and come with righteousness. God makes decisions for our lives based in compassion and justice. Divine intervention comes into our lives awesomely: with wisdom, power and majesty beyond our comprehension. 

65:7-8 God possesses such power that He can put to rest the calamity of oceans and nations. 

65:9-10 Creator of this biosphere enables it to function perfectly, sustaining life in an exquisite design. 

65:11-13 Children of God have a different experience with life than others. The days of our years and the years of our lives are crowned with His goodness; ours paths drip with the abundance of His provision. His provision causes the little hills, the wildernesses in our lives to rejoice, to become verdant with blessing and full. Children and the earth rejoice at the abundance His love yields.