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 92:1-3,
and make music to your name, O Most High,
proclaiming your love in the morning
and your faithfulness at night,
to the music of the ten-stringed lyre
and the melody of the harp."
I can't help but envision the psalmist contemplating the promise of the Lord's love in the morning, and then reflecting on the fulfillment of that love experienced during the day in the evening. That promise of love now fulfilled becomes the psalmist's observation in the evening of the Lord's faithfulness. What was promised in the morning now becomes proof of the Lord's faithfulness at the end of the day. The recognition of faithfulness requires a track record - a promise fulfilled.
Those who respond to the promise of God's love and embrace him in faith will find the Lord faithful to that promise in the end. The psalmist says, "Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand..." verse 6. While the psalmist's point is those who reject God fail to recognize their own mortality, I think it might be equally said they do not know, they do not understand the Lord's love, experience his love and thereby gain understanding of his faithfulness.
The psalmist speaks of gladness as he observes the Lord's deeds, verse 4, and joy at what his hands have done. He observes how great the Lord's works are, verse 5, and how profound his thoughts. At the end of the psalm, the psalmist speaks of the victories the Lord has provided him and how the Lord refreshes and brings vibrant life to those who are his,
"The righteous will flourish like a palm tree,
they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;
planted in the house of the Lord,
they will flourish in the courts of our God.
They will still bear fruit in old age,
they will stay fresh and green,
proclaiming, 'The Lord is upright;
he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.'"
The psalmist's day that begins with the promise of God's love in the morning, and the resulting observation of his faithfulness in the evening is a metaphor for life. If we trust in the Lord's promise of his love, embrace him in faith, we will find him faithful, true to all his promises as we enter into the resurrection of eternal life as expressed in the vibrant life described at the end of this psalm.
What a beautiful and insightful psalm! What a loving and faithful Lord we have!
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
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