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Daily Devotion: Psalm 89:1-4

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Psalm 89:1-4  Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite  "I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.  (2)  For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.  (3)  I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant,  (4)  Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah."

Yesterday's Psalm was a little bleak, wasn't it? But truth be known, we feel discouraged and downhearted from time to time. It is at those times that we need to "keep reading." We can't stop at Psalm 88; rather, we need to press on. As the saying back in the 80's - "keep on a keepin' on." Good times are coming. Better days are ahead. How can I say that? Because of verse 3 in today's passage: "I have made a covenant with my chosen." God made a covenant, a promise. And if God made a promise, you can be sure that it will be kept. He sent His Son, His chosen One, to be that surety. "And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life." (1 John 2:25)  We live "In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began." (Titus 1:2)  "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord." (Romans 8:37-39)  The point I want to make this morning is Psalm 88 speaks of our feelings of rejection and dejection. BUT PRAISE GOD, Psalm 89 speaks to us of reality: We belong unto the Lord! The seed of the Chosen One is established FOR EVER! Because of these great truths.....

I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever,
I will sing, I will sing,  
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever,
I will sing of the mercies of the Lord.

With my mouth will I make known
Thy faithfulness, Thy faithfulness,
With my mouth will I make known
Thy faithfulness to all generations,

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