Psalm 33:1-12
January 21, 2022
The Steadfast Love of the Lord
Shout for joy in the Lord, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts. For the word of the Lord is upright, and all his work is done in faithfulness. He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all their host. He gathers the waters of the sea as a heap; he puts the deeps in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the Lord; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him! For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm. The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
he frustrates the plans of the people. The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations. Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
These first 12 verses give me some deep reflection, not so much about the culture no it is the present, but how little in my life reflected this truth, for so many years. James 4:17 has this to say on the subject; “So, whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.” You may be that way also, but we are given this word in 1 John 1:9, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
As a follower of Christ, it is dangerous when we place our desires above His will, so give thought to how you enter into being righteous, and Whose places you are putting before the one who created all that is? The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.
From the Back Porch,
Bob Rice
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