Psalm Chapter 92

A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.

Psalm 92:1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:

Have you ever heard someone who goes around saying, "Thank the Lord," or "Praise the Lord?" Let us not be too critical because that is exactly how we should be in our daily walk with God. We should be thankful for all things we have. To sing praises is pleasing also to God and helps us to walk in joy. In one month, I will be 80 years old. I thank God for every step I can still take without a walker or a wheel chair and everytime I remember something that I thought I forgot.

Psalm 92:2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,

When we give our lives to God, He will surely show His lovingkindness to us. We will see His faithfulness. God has no problem being faithful. We are often the ones who are not faithful to Him.

Psalm 92:3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

In everything we have we can give thanks. If we play any instrument, we should use them to praise the Lord. We can use our voices if we have no instruments. Any instrument whether guitars, the piano, banjos, organs, even drums can be used to praise and sing to the Lord.

Psalm 92:4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

If we look for things to praise the Lord for, we will find them. Notice those that murmur and complain do not praise the Lord as much as the happy ones.

Psalm 92:5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.

If we lack wisdom we can ask of God and receive more of the knowledge of His word. The more we seek, the more we will find, the more we seek, the more we will want to seek. The less we study the word, the less we will want to study the word. We can understand the deep things of God hidden from those that are half hearted and do not desire understanding enough to seek after it. In the book of James it says if anyone lacks wisdom we are to ask without doubting.

Psalm 92:6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

The world will not understand what we get out of studying the word or worshipping God. It will boggle their minds that we would rather sit in a congregation and worship rather than go to a ball game or sleep late on Sunday morning.

They do not know what they are missing. They think that they are free and happy sleeping around, drinking their beverages, and dancing till dawn. They desire freedom to do as they please without us warning them against sin. They think it strange that we are not running with them. Yet if they have joy, it is but for a moment. They have no peace and no real contentment.

They that trust the Lord and delight in Him are the ones with peace and contentment. They that worship Him in praise and song are the ones with true joy that is still there when the morning comes.

Psalm 92:7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:

This is a sad message but those that ignore God's word and reject His message of salvation, will be destroyed forever. God will judge sin. Sin separates us from God and if sin is in our hearts, we will bear God's judgment. There is no way for us to get rid of sin by ourselves. Our willpower is too weak. God sent His Son Jesus to bear our sins, pay the price for our sins and remove our sins at the point when we come to Him willing to repent and give our life to Him. This is the only way of salvation. There is no other.

Psalm 92:8 But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore.
9 For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.

Surely in the past, present and in the future judgment, all enemies of the Lord will be removed.

Psalm 92:10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

The righteous are those that love God and live by His word. The righteous are those that have repented of sin and accepted God's plan of salvation which comes by faith in Jesus Christ. Jesus is actually God in the flesh. He came in the flesh, born of a woman, grew to manhood, preached the gospel, died for our sins, rose for our justification and is at the Father's right hand making intercession for all who believe on Him. We are actually covered by His righteousness since we have none of our own.

Psalm 92:13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing;
15 To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

One that follows the Lord all the days of their earthy life even in old age; they will be flourishing and fruitful. It is beautiful to see someone that never knew God to find him in their old age. They may never have had the chance before. No one might have shared the gospel with them. It is also a joy to see someone who found the Lord as a child and stayed steadfast and faithful all their lives and in their old age, still serving Him with joy.

We cannot reply against God nor find fault with Him. He did all He could do to save mankind. First He sent His law through the hand of Moses to show us what sin is and how sin condemns and separates us from God. He showed us the penalty of sin which is death both physically and spiritually.

He showed us how to be cleansed of sin by sacrifices which did not get rid of sin but pointed toward the one to come that would get rid of sin. Those sacrifices pointed the way to the one that was to come to give Himself as a perfect sacrifice. This was Jesus the Son of God, who did no sin and could be the perfect sinless sacrifice for all who believe. He will then give us the Holy Spirit to be with us. We are never alone after that.

The blood of Jesus cleanses the believer of all sin canceling out the death penalty that the law put upon us every time we sin. Our natural body still dies but our spirit lives and our soul will receive a new body at the resurrection. The Holy Spirit abides within everyone that receives Jesus Christ by faith. All it takes is faith. Good deeds alone never will merit salvation. It is freely given to all who will repent of sin and receive Jesus into their lives. DC

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