SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR
5/26/2012 10:36:32 AM
My Worship Time Focus:
Worshiping the Lord
Bible Reading &Meditation Reference: Psalm
92:1-5
Message
of the verses: In Today’s SD we will
begin to look at Psalm 92 by looking at several introductions from various
Bible Commentators to help us in the understanding of this psalm.
“TITLE
— A Psalm or Song for the Sabbath day. This admirable composition is both a
Psalm and a Song, full of equal measures of solemnity and joy; and it was intended
to be sung upon the day of rest. The subject is the praise of God; praise is
Sabbatic work, the joyful occupation of resting hearts. Since a true Sabbath
can only be found in God, it is wise to meditate upon him on the Sabbath day.
The style is worthy of the theme and of the day, its inspiration is from the
"fount of every blessing"; David spake as the Spirit gave him
utterance. In the church of Christ, at this hour, no Psalm is more frequently
sung upon the Lord ’s Day than the present. The delightful version of Dr. Watts
is familiar to us all —
"Sweet
is the work, my God, my King,
To
praise thy name, give thanks, and sing;
To shew
thy love by morning light,
And talk
of all thy truth at night."
“The
Sabbath was set apart for adoring the Lord in his finished work of creation,
hence the suitableness of this Psalm; Christians may take even a higher flight,
for they celebrate complete redemption. No one acquainted with David’s style
will hesitate to ascribe to him the authorship of this divine hymn; the ravings
of the Rabbis who speak of its being composed by Adam, only need to be
mentioned to be dismissed. Adam in Paradise had neither harps to play upon, nor
wicked men to contend with.” (Charles H.
Spurgeon)
“This psalm expresses the exuberance
of the psalmist as he recognizes that God is merciful in salvation, great in
His works of creation, just in His dealings with the wicked, and faithful in
prospering His children.” (John
MacArthur Study Bible)
“The major theme is the sovereign
rule of God, as stated in verse 8, which is the central verse of the
psalm. It proclaims that God is most
high (KJV), He is high (NASB), and He is exalted forever (NIV). The covenant name Jehovah (LORD) is used
seven times; Elyon (Most High) is found in verse 1 and Elohim in verse 13. The inscription relates the psalm to the
Sabbath Day worship at the sanctuary.
During the week, a lamb was sacrificed each morning and another in the
evening, but on the Sabbath Day, those sacrifices were doubled (Ex. 29:38-46;
Num. 28:1-10). Because our God reigns
supremely and always will, we can be the people of God that He wants us to
be. The psalm describes the
characteristics of believers who trust a sovereign God.” (Warren Wiersbe)
A Worshiping People
(vv. 1-5): “1 A Psalm, a Song for the Sabbath day. It is
good to give thanks to the LORD And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
2 To declare Your lovingkindness in the
morning And Your faithfulness by night, 3
With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, With resounding music upon
the lyre. 4 For You, O LORD, have made me glad by what You have done, I will
sing for joy at the works of Your hands. 5 How great are Your works, O LORD!
Your thoughts are very deep.”
“1 A psalm. A song to be sung on
the Sabbath Day. It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to the
Most High. 2 It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning, your
faithfulness in the evening, 3 accompanied by the ten-stringed harp and the
melody of the lyre. 4 You thrill me, LORD, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done.
5 O LORD, what great works you do! And
how deep are your thoughts.” (NLT)
Psalm 92 begins with worship, and
part of my Spiritual Diaries is for the purpose of worship for it begins with
“My Worship Time.” Dr. Wiersbe writes
“Worship ought to be the natural outflow of a heart that love the Lord and
appreciates who He is and what He has done for His People.” When I begin my prayers before looking into
the Word of God to work on my Spiritual Diary I begin with confessing any sin
to the Lord in order to have fellowship with the Lord, and then the next thing
I do in my prayer is to worship and praise the Lord for His attributes. To begin with, the Lord is holy, and no other
person is holy like the Lord. Next I
think of His goodness, for no one is as good as the Lord. Next comes wisdom, for God is all wise. God is all powerful so that no one can
overpower the Lord and because He is all powerful He can do the things that are
part of His wisdom. God is in all places at all times so nothing can be done
without the knowledge of the Lord. God
is love and God is just and for this I worship the Lord. God turned His back on the Lord Jesus Christ
while He was on the cross in order to have His justice satisfied (propitiation). We also see His great love at the cross for
it was His love for us that took the Lord Jesus Christ to the cross. Michael
Card in one of his songs that he wrote has a line in it that speaks of Christ’s
love and in that song he writes that Christ would have not needed the nails to
hold Him on the cross for His love would have held Him there.
We see in this section of Psalm 92
that the psalmist is worshiping the Lord; he is giving thanks by singing praises
in the morning and then thanking God in the evening for His faithfulness. We can worship the Lord through our singing
whether or not we have instruments to go along with are singing or not. Dr.
Wiersbe writes “Whether we are stirred by the creation around us or the
Scriptures before us, we have every reason to worship and praise God, for He is
reigning above us!”
Spiritual
meaning for my life today: It is a
good thing to praise the Lord, to worship the Lord for who He is and what He
has done for me. May I never forget it.
My Steps of Faith for Today:
Worship the Lord.
5/26/2012
11:42:17 AM
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