O Most High

Psalm 92

My words though many or few will never come close to those found in Psalm 92, so a wise person will ponder what is being said.  “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night, to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.  For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands, I sing for joy.  How great are your works, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep!” 

The Psalmist was very wise for he searched the deep thoughts of the Lord, and Isaiah the prophet gives us this word from God in chapter 55:8-9, “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.  For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” 

Each of us who claims to follow Jesus would be wise to pay attention to verses 6-9, “The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this: that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever; but you, O Lord, are on high forever.  For behold, your enemies, O Lord, for behold, your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered.”  You may be looking for me to define stupid or even wicked for you, but let’s look for God’s definition of such men; Proverbs 1:7, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.”   With the limited ability that I’ve been given, I believe that people will be foolish, and it seems many of them end up in the Congress of the United States of America.  We who know God and are known by God as His children should be praying for such people.  For it is stated that all the enemies of God shall perish, even though the evildoers seem to flourish, all life on planet earth is like a vapor and eternity is endless.

Jesus did not come to rescue good people, but He did come to seek and save the lost like you and me, and He has set us free from the control of sin.  If you forgot Jesus makes it clear no one good but God.  When I read verses 14-15, it brings a smile to my face and joy fills my heart and I claim that promise.  “They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, to declare that the Lord is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.”

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice