What's it all about? - Ruminating in the Word of God.

The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing,
majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of
him and what came to my mind and heart in Psalm 89:1-4,

I will sing of the Lord's great love forever;
with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
I will declare that your love stands firm forever,
that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself.
You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one,
I have sworn to David my servant,
'I will establish your line forever
and make your throne firm through all generations.'"

The centerpiece of all of Scripture is God's Son Jesus Christ. In him
God's love, kindness and mercy finds its greatest expression. Mankind,
created for God's own purposes, turned on his Creator and went his own
way in sinful rebellion. The account of the fall of man in the garden
of Eden is provided in Genesis 3 and sets forth the great conundrum of
this current world living in hostile opposition to its Creator. Jesus
Christ is God's expression of love and faithfulness as the means by
which man may find his way back to God.

Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to
the Father except through me." He has made it possible by paying the
penalty for our sins against God. Having died a sacrificial death,
God's justice is satisfied and all he asks is we embrace him in faith.
All who will place their faith and trust in Jesus Christ will spend
eternity in heaven with God and all he ever intended for mankind
before his fall. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and
only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn
the world, but to save the world through him." John 3:16-17.

Here in this psalm, as Ethan considers the Lord's great love and
faithfulness, verses 1 and 2, he sees it fulfilled in the line of
David's throne. This "chosen one" he speaks of is Jesus Christ
himself. The genealogy of Jesus Christ starting at the first verse of
the New Testament, Matthew 1:1, starts this way, "A record of the
genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David..." Jesus Christ is
introduced to us as the fulfillment of the line of David's throne. In
Luke 1:32-33, we read, "He [Jesus] will be great and will be called
the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his
father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his
kingdom will never end."

The Bible, a library of sixty-six books, has as its focus Jesus
Christ. Throughout its pages in the Old Testament we find many
prophesies concerning him, his coming, his suffering, his
resurrection. In the New we read the account of his being here, his
teachings, his agenda of redemption. We also find prophecies of his
second coming yet to be. It is therefore not surprising, when
contemplating God's love and faithfulness, Jesus Christ becomes the
focus.

Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share
what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to
hear from you!

Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com