Psalm 92-97
We covered another set of six psalms, all having to do with praising
God for who He is and what He’s done. I was so encouraged that I read them over
and over. The
might and majesty of the Lord are a constant source of joy and hope for me. I can relate to
the psalmist when he wrote, “You thrill me, Lord, with all you
have done for me!” (92:4). Consider again
some of these magnificent descriptions:
“O Lord, what great miracles you do, and how deep are Your thoughts!
You are just! You are my rock! There is nothing but goodness in You” (92:5, 15).
“The Lord is king! He is robed in majesty and armed with strength.
Your throne has been established from time immemorial. You Yourself are from
the everlasting past. The mighty oceans have roared like thunder, but the Lord
is mightier than these! Your royal decrees cannot be changed. The nature of
Your reign, O Lord, is holiness forever” (93:1-3, 5).
“The Lord is a great God, the great King above all gods. He owns the depths
of the earth; even the mightiest mountains are His. The sea belongs to Him, for
He made it. His hands formed the dry land too. Come, let us worship and bow
down. Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker, for He is our God. We are the
people He watches over, the sheep under His care” (95:3-7).
“Great is the Lord! He is most worthy of praise! He is to be revered
above all the gods. The gods of other nations are merely idols, but the Lord
made the heavens. Honor and majesty surround Him; strength and beauty are
His... Give to the Lord the glory that He deserves” (96:4-6, 8).
“The Lord is king! Let the earth rejoice... Those who worship idols
are disgraced, all who brag about their worthless gods, for every god must bow
to Him. For You, O Lord, are most high over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods” (97:1, 7, 9).
Daily Reflection
When we refer to something or someone as a “thrill” today, we are
summarizing an emotional sensation, a tingling or shivering that we have
experienced; but, the origin of the word “thrill” is much deeper, much more
significant than that. To thrill means to drill, to pierce, or to penetrate to
the core, as with something sharp.
The knowledge of who God is and what He’s done for us is not simply
meant to wow us or make us feel good somehow; rather the
reality of our God bores a hole to our heart and fulfills a need only He can
meet.
He is not a thrill to us like a rollercoaster ride, a touching story, or a cold
wind. He is the thrill of our souls, and the thought of Him, though hard for us to
imagine at times, delights us deeply in a way that nothing else and no one else
can.
How would you describe this thrill when you think of God? What about
Him thrills you most?
When David tried to describe this thrill, he said, “Such knowledge is
too wonderful for me. It is too great for me to understand” (Psalm 139:6). Oh what
a thrill our God is!
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