majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him in Psalm 117:1-2,
"Praise the Lord, all you nations; extol him, all you peoples. For
great is his love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures
forever. Praise the Lord."
In this very short psalm we are enjoined to praise the Lord. The
grounds for this are two: the Lord's love and the Lord's faithfulness.
We know that the Lord is loving and merciful toward all he has made.
In his premiere disclosure of himself to Moses on Mt. Sinai he says,
"The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to
anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to
thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin." Exodus
34:6-7. David tells us in Psalm 145:13, "Your kingdom is an
everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures through all
generations. The Lord is faithful to all his promises and loving
toward all he has made."
It is the love of the Lord for us that makes him the desire of our
hearts. Here is the motivation that drives him to seek our good in all
that happens, "And we know that in all things God works for the good
of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
Romans 8:28. As Paul points out a few verses later, "Who shall
separate us from the love of Christ?" Verse 35. No one!
But what if God had a change of heart? What if we woke up some morning
only to hear God say that he had a change of heart. His love was no
longer ours and that he was going to leave us behind? Where would that
leave us? What a horrific thought! But, God's love is underscored by
the remarkable reality that he is faithful! His faithfulness endures
forever! We will never see the day when God's love for us is
diminished in any way! Not only that but his faithfulness to us
insures we all who have embraced him in faith will arrive in the
resurrection safely, as we read in 1 Corinthians 1:8-9, "He will keep
you strong to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our
Lord Jesus Christ. God, who has called you into fellowship with his
Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful."
How wonderful is this! No greater expression of this has been made
than the day he sent his Son, Jesus Christ, to planet earth to live
and die for us that we might have life in him!
Merry Christmas!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
your thoughts of worship with us from your Bible reading today. We'd
love to hear from you!
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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