# 32 2020 Dev. Psalm 92:4. Rejoice! Read all of Psalm 92. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Ps. 92:4 “For you make me glad by your deeds, Lord; I sing for joy at what your hands have done.”
Psalms 90 through 100 are a series of 11 Psalms that open and close with “Lord” (Adonai) or “the Lord” (Yahweh). Psalm 92 is a praise song for the Sabbath, sung or spoken as liturgy. The Psalm draws a contrast between what happens to the righteous and wicked, “senseless people”. The Psalm proclaims God’s care and assures God’s protection and proclaims the vigor and fruitfulness of the righteous.
Ps. 92:1-3 proclaims God’s love and faithfulness to His people continuously, day and night.
Vs.4-7 The author addresses God in the first person praising Him: “You make me glad, I sing for joy” for all you have done for your people. “Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand”; unbelievers do not know their end.
Vs.8-11 draws an antithetical parallel of the friends of God and His enemies and of the result of their lives.
Vs.12-15 Paints a picture of the righteous “planted in the house of the Lord”, flourishing, bearing fruit in old age, ending this Psalm with praising God for His salvation.
In America, we are in a bad place right now; not only are we suffering physically, the many deaths attributed to the virus, financially, but we are also suffering spiritually. The virus, the partial lockdowns and even some people are getting blamed for our problems but as we see in this Psalm, wickedness has been with us since the fall, Satan is alive and well. Everyone can be a good person but everyone is also capable of wickedness. We are a country of laws that sets the boundaries in our lives, legitimate freedom exists within those boundaries when adhered to by all, but when those boundaries are removed or ignored we have what we see today. You watch the news; I don’t need to elaborate. Part of the answer is in Rom. 14:1-7. Please read! The rest of the answer is found in the Old Testament; “If people would humble themselves, pray and seek God, turn from their wicked ways, God would hear, forgive and heal our land” (II Ch. 7:14 paraphrased).
The end of the Psalm gives us comfort today: “the righteous will flourish like palm and cedar trees when planted in God, (the Devine in us), they will still bear fruit in old age, they stay fresh and green proclaiming, The Lord is upright; he is my rock” (He is my salvation}. Thank You Lord Jesus, comfort our land!
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