Yes! There is Good News! 2.11.17

Do you sometimes feel as though the days of your life are as the grass of the meadow or the flower of the field? We have been looking into King David’s praise of God in Psalm 103 and so we have come to verse 15, “As for man, his days are like grass, he flourishes like a flower of the field.” At this point in the Psalm he compares our life with God’s love: “The wind blows over it (our life as the grass) and it is gone and its place remembers it no more.” However, in verse 17 he says, “But from everlasting to everlasting the Lord’s love is with those who fear Him.” God’s love never ceases. Remember the previous article when we talked about God’s love is as a father’s love? At what point would your love for your children ever cease?

If we would learn to fear (i.e. revere/stand in awe of) God our Father we would experience the never ending love that He has for us. I told you this Psalm is filled with good news! I hope you have gotten out your Bible and read along with this study into Psalm 103.

In verse 18 we are told to keep His covenant and obey His precepts. At this point my mind goes to something Jesus said when He was being tempted by Satan in the wilderness. “It is written, man does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.” (Matt.4:4) When Jesus said this the only words that came from God and were written down were to be found from Genesis to Malachi (the Old Testament). Do we wish to have life? Then live by these words. Paul said as much when instructing Timothy in his letter to him, “You have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work” (2 Tim. 3:-17). The only scriptures Timothy had at this point were the same ones King David is pointing us to in Psalm 103.

David then lets us know why this “fear of the LORD,” this “keeping His covenant and obeying His precepts” is to be our daily duty. In verse 19 he writes, “The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.” Our God is over all. He sits on a throne, not on this earth, but in the heavenly realms! And so David finishes the Psalm by including the angels, the mighty ones, the heavenly hosts, His servants, all His works and everything in His dominion in giving “Praise to the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.”

And I can only say at this point, “AMEN!”

Yes, God is good and His word is good.