2022 0206 Psalm 92

Psalm 92

a song for the Sabbath day

this psalm signifies all the benefits of coming together on a holy day

we celebrate the glorious deeds of Jesus

we are liberated, free to follow God in all his majesty

Psalm 92:1–8 NIV

It is good to praise the Lord 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. For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord; I sing for joy at what your hands have done. How great are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts! Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand, that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever. But you, Lord, are forever exalted.

It is good to praise the Lord 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.

it is good to praise the Lord

there is an importance of music

there is a connection between praise and music

music is an emotional response yet there is a deeper aspect

praise extends into the spirit of a person

For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord; I sing for joy at what your hands have done. How great are your works, Lord, how profound your thoughts!

the Lord does mighty deeds

there needs to be a constant reminder of the Lord’s great deeds

God’s thoughts are profound

we as humans need to move past our limitations

our thoughts are not the same as GOd’s

his ways are higher

his deeds bring joy to us

let us rejoice

Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand, that though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.

as is common in the psalms, the wicked are held in contrast

seemingly the world is full of the wicked and the foolish

yet they are nothing when compared to God

human experience suggests that the wicked flourish

godly wisdom tells of ultimate failure

wicked perish yet the righteous will live forever in the glory of Jesus

But you, Lord, are forever exalted

an eternal truth is clearly stated

The Lord is exalted forever

Colossians 1:15-19 15  The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.

16  For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.

17  He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

18  And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.

19  For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him