Gospel Liturgy: Grace
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A Psalm of David. 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits; 3 Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases; 4 Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion; 5 Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle. 6 The Lord performs righteous deeds And judgments for all who are oppressed. 7 He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel. 8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. 9 He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. 10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. 13 Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him. 14 For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust. 15 As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. 16 When the wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its place acknowledges it no longer. 17 But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children, 18 To those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts to do them. 19 The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignty rules over all. 20 Bless the Lord, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word! 21 Bless the Lord, all you His hosts, You who serve Him, doing His will. 22 Bless the Lord, all you works of His, In all places of His dominion; Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Introduction
Relationships in a sinful world can be quite difficult at times. I don’t know that we would put it into these words, but how often do we ask, “Where do I stand?” in many of our relationships? When we establish new relationships with people whether new friends, or new coworkers, maybe a new boyfriend or girlfriend there’s this looming question, “Where do I stand with this person?” There’s a period of time where we search for security and definition in the relationship. We may wonder if the new boss actually appreciates our work. We may wonder whether the new friends at school really enjoy our company or are they just being nice? Some of you may recall the first date you went on with your spouse and all the looming questions that were going through your head as you tried to define the relationship. New relationships naturally come with that question, “Where do I stand?” simply because there’s little communication at that point. It’s normal to be insecure in a new relationship, but we know that insecurity isn’t exclusive to new relationships. When we add sin, brokenness, and the trials of life into relationships unfortunately that old question can come up again, “Where do I stand with this person?” When relationships are tested by the difficulty of life, the difficulty of sin, or just the lack of communication that question tends to surface again, “Where do I stand?”
What we recognize to be true just in our day to day relationships can often be true of our relationship with God. In the early days of our Christian walk we probably found ourselves wondering a bit, “Where do I stand before God?” We didn’t know our Bibles very well, we hadn’t prayed a whole lot so there’s some questions that remain due to a lack of communication and teaching. Maybe we have some of those questions answered on the front end, we gain some security but then sin enters the picture again. Maybe an extraordinary trial comes out of nowhere. Maybe even just a new awareness of how sinful we actually are and that old question comes up again, “Where do I stand before God?” “Will God really forgive my sin again?” “Does God really love me even after what I’ve done?” “Why is this happening to me? “Will God love me tomorrow, or next year, or the year after that?” In the face of our own brokenness there can arise a growing lack of assurance in our relationship with God - a growing insecurity that asks, “Where do I stand?” It’s in that time when we need to confess our sins and turn our eyes to the sufficiency of the grace of God for us. When we look to His grace we let God tell us exactly where we stand granting us an assurance that leads to worship.
The Grace of God gives us assurance of where we stand before God: He’s forgiven our sins and shows us His lovingkindness that will not end. In this assurance of grace we find every reason to worship Him.
The Grace of God gives us assurance of where we stand before God: He’s forgiven our sins and shows us His lovingkindness that will not end. In this assurance of grace we find every reason to worship Him.
The Grace of God assures us ...
(What is my condition?) our sins are forgiven
(What does God think of me?) God’s disposition toward us is lovingkindness
(Will it Last?) the lovingkindness of the LORD will never cease
(What do we do?) we can worship Him.
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Let’s start from the beginning.
The Grace of God assures us...
The Grace of God assures us...
1. Our sins are forgiven (vs. 1-5)
1. Our sins are forgiven (vs. 1-5)
David begins with a kind of motivational speech of sorts. I’m sure you’ve read in a book or seen in a movie that moment when someone stands up on the verge of the big game or the great battle and delivers this rousing speech which is supposed to motivate everyone to action. There might be nerves or fear in the room, maybe just complacency, but then their leader takes his stand and gives them every reason why today is the day for battle, today is the day of victory and they go out onto the field as if they’ve already won.
David isn’t taking his stand to rouse a band for battle, but he is taking his stand to rouse his own soul to worship. David knows his own heart. David knows our heart. Sometimes we need to be roused and motivated to worship knowing sometimes there’s fear before God, maybe just complacency towards God. Knowing his own heart he looks in the mirror, and begins to provide every reason we have to worship and he begins by saying, “Forget none of His benefits.”
1 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name. 2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits;
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When we begin to look for assurance in the Grace of God, the only natural place to begin is in looking back. When we look for reason to worship in the midst of our sin and brokenness we must begin by looking back. What has God accomplished for us already? David’s motivational speech is not encouraging himself to look at the deeds he is about to do, the victory he is about to win, his words encourage him to look at the victory that has already been won. The victory which God has won.
It’s a simple point, but I’d like to pause here because it’s a fundamental reminder that runs through the whole of Scripture. When people throughout Scripture run into moments of crisis their search for assurance is often looking at the wrong person and in the wrong direction. I wonder if we tend to do the same.
The wrong person: Don’t we naturally look at ourselves? What am I going to do about this crisis. What am I going to do to fix this problem? What am I going to do about my sin?
Secondly, the wrong direction: We tend to be forward thinkers when crisis presents itself because the unknown is ahead of us. We look in wonder and fear for what may happen to us.
If we look to Numbers we see this very mistake in the heart of Israel. As they stand on the edge of the promised land and look in at a land full of strong men and fortified cities where do they look for assurance?
Numbers 13:31
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, “We are not able to go up against the people, for they are too strong for us.”
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They look to what they themselves are able to accomplish in the future. There’s the mistake! They’re looking to the wrong person and in the wrong direction for assurance.
The LORD speaks to Moses soon after saying
22 “Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice, 23 shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it.
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They forgot what the LORD had already accomplished for them. They had everything they needed for assurance, but they looked to wrong person and in the wrong direction.
The Psalmist in that simple line directs our attention to the right person and in the right direction to start.
“Forget none of His benefits.”
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For assurance of His grace and the basis of our reason to worship we look back to what God has accomplished.
In looking back to the work of God David describes three deliverances and three blessings.
3 Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases; 4 Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion; 5 Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle.
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Naturally we must begin with out greatest need of deliverance. A deliverance without which none of these other deliverances or blessings is possible.
The first and greatest of the LORD’s benefits we must remember is the pardon of our iniquities. Sin is what separates us from God. Sin is what makes us guilty before God and deserving of judgement. Sin is what stirs the righteous anger of God. Apart from the assurance of forgiveness there looms a questions of, “Am I distant from God? Am I guilty before God? Is God angry with me?” There is no comfort or assurance or heart of worship as long as these questions go unanswered, yet when we look upon the grace of God for us which has forgiven our sins we lay all those fears to rest.
As Christians we look back to the Grace of God revealed in the person and work of Christ. He is the one who has taken our sin in Himself as He went to the cross. When we confess our sins to God looking to be forgiven and cleansed of our sin we must look to Christ for assurance. We don’t need to wonder, “What has the LORD done with my confession?” We join with the Psalmist and forget not his benefits which we have in Christ. He took my sin to cross. He died and bore the penalty of my sin. Justice has been satisfied in Christ such that I am forgiven and I am cleansed!
9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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As forgiven saints, we can go on to revel in the fullness of these benefits which the grace of God has laid out for us.
He heals all our diseases
He’s redeemed our lives from the pit such that
we are crowned with his lovingkindness and compassion
He satisfies our years with good things
so that our youth is renewed like the eagle.
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This is an extraordinary restoration which the LORD has accomplished for us. If David can sing of such a restoration for Israel, how much more can we sing of the restoration which we have in Christ?
Haven’t we been given a healing greater than any earthly healing?
We’re no longer plagued by the lusts of the flesh and the sickness of sin because we’ve been given new hearts and new desires in this salvation we have in Christ.
Haven’t we been redeemed from death and slavery to sin having been bought by the blood of Christ.
We’re no longer strangers but rather sons and daughters of God coheirs with Christ knowing we were bought with a price.
In the Holy Spirit we’ve been given the presence of God and the comfort of His lovingkindness and compassion.
We’ve been given every reason to be content and satisfied in Christ such that Paul can say rejoice in all things.
And though our bodies are wasting away, our inner man is being renewed day by day.
17 For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison,
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Let’s not forget the extraordinary grace of God poured out for us in Jesus Christ... especially the forgiveness of our sins.
As we’ve been pointing out over the past couple weeks, as much as David is speaking about himself and to himself he’s encouraging the congregation of Israel to sing with him. One way we ensure we don’t forget is by remembering together! When we gather together for worship we work together to remind each other of the fullness of Christ’s benefits for us. Over the course of our Christian walk and doing battle with sin that old question can come up again, “Where do I stand before God?” Perhaps we’ve clearly seen the glory of God in our daily walk and we’ve realized, “I am not that!” Maybe we’ve even become burdened with our sin and brought it to the Lord in confession as we do on Sunday morning. Scripture doesn’t leave us wondering what God has done with our confession and neither should our worship.
You may notice moving forward how our third song turns our eyes from our confession of sin to the assurance we have in Christ. This morning we sang Christ Our Hope In Life and Death by the Gettys and Matt Papa. We sang these words:
What truth can calm the troubled soul?
God is good, God is good
Where is His grace and goodness known?
In our great Redeemer's blood
Who holds our faith when fears arise?
Who stands above the stormy trial?
Who sends the waves that bring us nigh
Unto the shore? The rock of Christ
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As sinners in a broken world hampered by trial and the schemes of the devil, it’s essential we sing of the Grace of God in Christ together because that is the only sure place where assurance can be found. It’s only when we look to Christ that we can say with confidence, “I stand forgiven!”
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Having established the foundation of what God has accomplished for us in Christ and we know that we are forgiven, we can begin to look at God’s disposition toward us today.
2. God’s disposition toward us is lovingkindness (vs. 6-14)
2. God’s disposition toward us is lovingkindness (vs. 6-14)
6 The Lord performs righteous deeds And judgments for all who are oppressed. 7 He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel. 8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. 9 He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. 10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
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If we were to come back to our original question, “Where do I stand?” There’s one way we can answer that question that’s more legal in nature. When we talk about forgiveness we’re talking about a guilt that was once deserving of punishment before a judge that’s now been removed from our record of debt. We can answer that question, “Where do I stand?” and rightly say, “I’m forgiven!” That by itself is deserving of praise, but the assurance of God’s grace for us is more than legal in our forgiveness it extends to God’s disposition toward us. What does he think about us? How does God feel about us now that we are forgiven?
I’m afraid there’s a scenario in which we tend to think logically about God’s grace for us and rightly conclude with certainty, “I am forgiven in Christ”, and yet wonder if God is angry, displeased, or frustrated with us even while we are forgiven.
The Psalmist gives us great assurance of the Lord’s gracious disposition toward us as His redeemed and forgiven children.
He begins with this reminder of all that we are not… We don’t stand deserving of His loving disposition toward us - no - all of God’s loving disposition towards us is from the fullness of His grace.
6 The Lord performs righteous deeds And judgments for all who are oppressed.
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For those who are lacking in strength the LORD shows His righteous judgements. For the whole of redemptive history God has been showing His power and might for the sake of the weak, those who cannot fight against their oppressors.
As Israel would have sang this song they would have naturally thought of themselves and their oppression at the hands of the Egyptians while in slavery. God was not indifferent to the slavery of His covenant people. There was a time appointed for them to wait for their deliverance but God was not indifferent. He would work his righteous deeds and judgements against Egypt for the good of His people and that they might know His lovingkindness for His people.
7 He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel. 8 The Lord is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
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In their weakness God gave them assurance of His grace for them in how he delivered them from their oppressors, but he also gave them the assurance of his grace in how He loved them through their sin. David in our Psalm jumps immediately again to Exodus 34 that moment when God reveals His glory to Moses after Israel had worshipped the golden calf.
Even in the wake of one of Israel’s greatest acts of rebellion and sin, God gives them the assurance of His grace for them - A gracious disposition: compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness.
David makes the point very clear. We are sinners and the rightful disposition of God toward us is anger, yet
9 He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. 10 He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
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In the face all that we are not. We are not strong enough to relieve ourselves of worldly oppressors or the oppression of sin. In the face all of our sin deserving of the judgement and anger of God, what is God’s disposition toward us in Christ as His forgiven people?
Compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness.
As if to remove all doubt David sends the point all the way home with emphasis.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. 13 Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him. 14 For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust.
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Notice firstly the character of those who receive such a magnificent grace from God.
They are sinners. They are dust. They are children, and they fear Him.
They are not righteous
They are not strong, but there is a relationship with a God.
They’re adopted, and they’re God fearers.
As Christians we must recognize what David only saw from a distance in faith.
Once again the assurance of God’s gracious disposition towards us rests in Jesus Christ. It’s through faith in Christ that we are adopted children of God.
5 He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, 6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
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It was according to His glorious grace that we’ve come to adoption through Christ in the first place. It’s that glorious grace which has opened our eyes and stirred our hearts to the glory of God that we would fear Him as we ought. It’s that some glorious grace in Christ that assures us of the abundance of His lovingkindness for us.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.
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The lovingkindness of the LORD is lofty beyond measure. It simply cannot be exhausted and it’s beyond our comprehension.
For those of us who may wonder if the love of God has been exhausted on our sin or our weakness, perhaps our view of God is too small? How many of us walked out of the house this morning wondering if there will be enough oxygen in the atmosphere for us today? No one! When our eyes are on what Jesus has done for us, the adoption which he has accomplished for us, the lovingkindness of God for us is an entire atmosphere in which we live and breath that will never be exhausted.
Paul echoes the Psalmist with the same conclusion
38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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For we who are in Christ, there is simply nothing which can separate us from the loving disposition of God for us in Christ .
And to those who may ask, “What about my sin?”
David reminds us!
12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.
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We’ve addressed it already, but it’s worth repeating according to David. Forget none of His benefits! We’re forgiven. As if to answer the question, “How forgiven?” He assures us, there’s an infinite distance between us and our sin! Jesus’ death on the cross bore the fullness of the penalty of our sin who believe! The debt has been paid in full. There’s no little black book hidden somewhere just waiting to come out to fuel God’s anger or frustration toward us.
The devil sure would like us to think there is though! Since Adam and Eve were in the garden the devil has been trying to disrupt the loving fellowship of God with man. Don’t let him do the same by believing the lie that the sins that Christ has died for - the sins which have been forgiven somehow keep God from being gracious and loving toward us.
Take comfort in the fact that God treats us with compassion as his own children. He knows we are dust. He knows we are weak. He’s not surprised when we fall and stumble and continue to battle with sin. He knows we have yet to fully mature. He’s mindful and understanding of our condition.
The conclusion to all of this is we can’t let our condition or our performance be the basis of our assurance of God’s lovingkindness toward us. God’s not looking at us to see whether or not he will extend his love and favor to us today. He looks at His own Son, Jesus, for reason to extend to his lovingkindness to us, and their is nothing lacking in Christ.
When the devil points out our weakness we point to the heart of our assurance, Christ is my strength!
When the devil points out our sin we point to the heart of our assurance, Christ has paid for that!
When the devil points out our lack of obedience we point to the heart of our assurance, Christ is my righteousness!
When our eyes are on Christ, we rest in the assurance of God’s lovingkindness toward us.
So far David has pointed us back to remind us of God’s grace for us.
He’s pointed us to God himself and his gracious disposition for us today,
but what about tomorrow?
If there’s anyone who has doubts about God’s grace for us in days and years to come, David gives us assurance there too.
3. The lovingkindness of the LORD will never cease (vs. 15-18)
3. The lovingkindness of the LORD will never cease (vs. 15-18)
15 As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. 16 When the wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its place acknowledges it no longer. 17 But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children, 18 To those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts to do them.
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Whenever we look into the future for hope or assurance, we’re probably going to look for a little bit of data to help us anticipate what is to come. If we’re going to make an investment in something we want assurances, we want information, to ensure our future return on that investment is well placed.
If we’re talking about money for a moment, you’d like to see a track record of returns on an index fund before you invest a substantial sum of your savings. If the data looks good, you have some assurances of a future return. If the data is bad, you’re probably not going to trust that fund with your savings because there’s little assurance of a return.
There’s a very analytical way to approach this concept, but we do the same thing relationally. If we were to trust someone with looking after our house while we’re away on vacation we’re probably going to look for a little data, a track record of integrity that gives us some assurance that our house is going to be taken care of while we’re away. If the data is poor, there’s a lack of character and integrity, then we’ll probably sooner entrust our house to someone else or no one at all and simply wish everything is alright when we get back.
Unfortunately, there’s a lot of people who’ve been let down so many times, or let down by someone very close, such that no one is trusted with anything and there’s little assurance for the future at all. When the only data we’re looking at is the track record of flawed people in our lives there’s going to be little assurance for the future.
That’s where David starts. Let’s just acknowledge man for a moment - flawed humans. Our experience with flawed people tends to define much of the data and information we’re looking at. That’s the data we tend to look at when we look for assurances for the future, but David reminds us...
15 As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. 16 When the wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its place acknowledges it no longer.
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Should we really place our hope and assurance for the future in something as fleeting and temporary as a flower. Should we put our investment in something that comes to nothing at the gust of the wind?
Let’s acknowledge the reality that we live in a world where we need to trust people. We’re apart of the church where we need to trust people! David’s not telling us to trust no one. He’s making sure we’re look at the right data for our hope and assurance in the future.
To those who’ve been let down time and again by people you’ve trusted, you can still find assurance for your future because we don’t look to earthly men or women for our future hope.
To those who’ve experienced nothing but faithfulness and integrity from the people in our lives, our assurance is not even in them.
In the end those who’ve let us down and those who’ve been nothing but faithful will pass away.
David reminds us that our assurance for the future is in someone greater than man, even the most faithful among us.
17 But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children’s children, 18 To those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts to do them.
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For we who know the love of Christ today, who look back to the cross and see the sufficiency of Christ’s loving sacrifice for us, there is no day in the future for all eternity in which we will not have that lovingkindness. It will endure from everlasting to everlasting!
For every day of suffering and trial that may be in our future, the lovingkindness of the Lord will be there!
Whether we’re surrounded my the most trustworthy of men and women or absolute failures, the lovingkindness of the LORD is the thing that will last.
When we gather in the glory of heaven, we won’t be praising the steadfast love of any of us. We’ll be singing of the steadfast love of the LORD because it will endure before our eyes forever!
If we look to the book of Lamentations briefly, we see the testimony of Jeremiah and it is bleak for the most part. There’s a reason the book is called Lamentations. Israel has utterly failed God and there are men of all kinds against Jeremiah, yet what is his hope for the future?
21 This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. 22 The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. 24 “The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “Therefore I have hope in Him.” 25 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him.
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When everyone around him has proven to be unfaithful, untrustworthy, and as fleeting as the wind, there is still hope for Jeremiah. There is still assurance for his future, why? Because the lovingkindnesses of the Lord never ceases and His compassions never fail.
God is the faithful one! Christ is the faithful one who has fulfilled the covenant that we might rest in his steadfast love for us.
God is the only one who can ultimately satisfy us!
God is the only one in which we can truly find assurance for our future so we can hope.
Praise be to God that he is not like us!
Two brief points of application.
Firstly, don’t let the track record of people around us undermine the assurance to be found in God’s gracious and steadfast love. I’m afraid there’s a line of reasoning that goes something like, “Man is flawed, man can’t be trusted, no one can be trusted, not even God can be trusted.” It’s a worldly line of reasoning that puts the assurance of our future in our own hands. God is not like us! God is not as fleeting as we are. Consider the data we have that would give us hope for the future. The love of Christ in His loving sacrifice is always what we look back to for the assurance of His love moving forward.
32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?
Secondly, where are we pointing those around us for assurance? I would hope there’s a good desire in all of us to be counted among the faithful to our children, faithful to our spouses, and our church members, but we are ultimately imitating Christ. That’s who we point to. Not ourselves ultimately. Our children need godly parents, but they ultimately need Christ for their assurance. Our spouses need our faithfulness and godliness, but ultimately they need to find their hope in the steadfast love of the Lord. We pray that our fellow church members would find comfort in knowing that we will take care of them, but in the end we point each other to the assurance to be found in Christ.
One way we do that is what we do here on Sunday morning with our worship. When we’ve seen the glory of God together. When we’ve recognized our sin and confessed together before God where do we turn our eyes? We look to Christ together. Encouraging each other with the assurance of grace to be found in Christ as we sing Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. In the assurance of this grace past, present, and future the only fitting thing to do is worship.
Worship is the conclusion to all that David has said so far.
4. We can worship Him (vs. 19-22)
4. We can worship Him (vs. 19-22)
19 The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignty rules over all. 20 Bless the Lord, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word! 21 Bless the Lord, all you His hosts, You who serve Him, doing His will. 22 Bless the Lord, all you works of His, In all places of His dominion; Bless the Lord, O my soul!
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The glory of the grace of God is deserving of the worship of all of creation.
Four times he implores the dominion of God to Bless the LORD.
He calls the angels to worship.
He calls the host of saints to worship.
He calls all the works of the LORD to worship.
And he ends with the appeal to his own soul which he’s been calling to worship from the beginning, to once again “Bless the LORD.”
As a sinful people in a broken world full of broken people we still have reason to worship in the grace of God.
The assurance of our forgiveness in Christ gives us reason to worship.
The loving disposition of God toward us is reason for us to worship.
And if that is not enough we have the assurance of the love Christ for all eternity. In that steadfast love we will worship Him for all of time.
Let’s not wait to Bless the Lord until then as sure as that day will come. Let’s join the host of heaven this Sunday, next Sunday and sing of the assurance of His grace together.
Let’s Pray
