Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Psalm 33


Psalm 33:4 - For the word of the LORD is right, and all His work is done in truth. 

It all began when I felt led to read Psalm 33. I wondered what I would find. I wondered why I felt drawn to it.  So I read it. Verse 4 stood out and I read it over a couple of times and took the words in. Shouldn't this be the bottom line in the world? Doing right and living out truth, honesty?

God's Word is right; it is just and filled with truth. I talk about the truth of God's Word a lot. God does not lie. If we love Him and we follow Him He is good to us. If we do not know Him, we need to. He blesses beyond our imagination if we take the time to recognize everything He has given us...and if we take the time to thank Him and worship Him...praise Him with a shout of joy and a new song.

This world is out of control and He knows it. He sees whom He has created destroying one another. Lies and deception, even if they seem small, add up. One builds on another. He sees what is happening before it does. Man will destroy earth. But God...will bring new life. He will sustain those He has called and who have heard that call and taken the privilege upon themselves to answer that call and be chosen of God. He will lead them into their own promised land...one that lies ahead. But we need to be living in truth and righteousness. I comes from knowing God and knowing His Word.

Oh, that the world would see Him and fear Him instead of demanding their own ways and living their own lives and destroying instead of building up. There will be a destruction in the lives of those who don't take Him seriously. These people, and they might be our own neighbors, family or friends, who cannot grasp the concept of a God so powerful whose only desire is that all mankind would receive Him, are missing out on something great.

Only God can renew our strength in a good way. Only He is able to provide when we think there is nothing left. Only He can put peace in our hearts when we are in a quandary. He is all we will ever need...no man, no idol, no government can do this for us. If you truly want "change," go to the Source of true change, not some manmade idea of change. Man's way fails, but His ways are true and just. Jesus will change your life, your heart, your mind and He will fill it with His truth. He will show you the way to walk, guide your path and even lighten it, both so you can see the path and you can carry on without a heavy burden.

Jesus is our strength when all else fails. He opens blind eyes, deaf ears and dull minds, and heals heavy hearts. He has promised us life after death...if we choose to look to Him, fear Him, listen to Him and follow Him with our whole hearts.

I just needed to share the entire Psalm. You will see He is the Alpha and Omega, first and last, beginning and end for all who choose to receive what He has to offer. Praise God for what He has created...what He has given us...for His Son whom He has given us...and where our eternal life will be if we give our lives to Jesus.

This Psalm is filled with promise for those who choose the Lord. It will raise up the godly and tear down the ungodly. He sees into the hearts of man and judges accordingly. If we follow Him and obey Him we are blessed. This is for all who decide that God's Word is right and His works done in truth.

Psalm 33
        1Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous! 
        For praise from the upright is beautiful. 
        2Praise the LORD with the harp; 
        Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings. 
        3Sing to Him a new song; 
        Play skillfully with a shout of joy. 

        4For the word of the LORD is right, 
        And all His work is done in truth. 
        5He loves righteousness and justice; 
        The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. 

        6By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, 
        And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth. 
        7He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; 
        He lays up the deep in storehouses. 

        8Let all the earth fear the LORD; 
        Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. 
        9For He spoke, and it was done; 
        He commanded, and it stood fast. 

        10The LORD brings the counsel of the nations to nothing; 
        He makes the plans of the peoples of no effect. 
        11The counsel of the LORD stands forever, 
        The plans of His heart to all generations. 
        12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, 
        The people He has chosen as His own inheritance. 

        13The LORD looks from heaven; 
        He sees all the sons of men. 
        14From the place of His dwelling He looks 
        On all the inhabitants of the earth; 
        15He fashions their hearts individually; 
        He considers all their works. 

        16No king is saved by the multitude of an army; 
        A mighty man is not delivered by great strength. 
        17A horse is a vain hope for safety; 
        Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength. 

        18Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, 
        On those who hope in His mercy, 
        19To deliver their soul from death, 
        And to keep them alive in famine. 

        20Our soul waits for the LORD; 
        He is our help and our shield. 
        21For our heart shall rejoice in Him, 
        Because we have trusted in His holy name. 
        22Let Your mercy, O LORD, be upon us, 
        Just as we hope in You.

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