GOODNEWSLETTER
Number 470 April 24, 2013
GOD'S FIRMLY ESTABLISHED CREATION
"The LORD has clothed and girded Himself with strength,
Indeed the world is firmly established, it will not be moved.
Thy throne is established from of old; Thou are from everlasting,"
Psalms 93:1-2.
In our yearly reading of the Bible, I'm way ahead. Thank you, very much. From Genesis, to the 100th Psalm, it has been my joy to read about God's work. And, since David is my latest reading, he is on my mind, naturally. - not to say anything about all the spirituality I received from reading the Psalms, alone.
David has a lot to write about and, to say the least, his writing is extremely interesting. Although, we know of David's fleshly acts against the LORD, he always came back to the responsibility that was given to him. David had a heart that was after God's own heart, you'll remember (Acts 13:22).
And, you'll remember the time that he went after a lamb, killing a bear to save it (1st Sam. 17:34)? Goliath surely did! Clearly, anything that got in the way of what David was given to do, suffered. David cared about his duties and, David cared about God and His people, Israel. Further, David writes much about God's creation. Although he was patient and waited on the LORD, we hear David ask, "How long," a lot of times. But, David's confidence always came to the fore front. He was confident that "...the LORD will not abandon His people" (Ps 94:3, 14). David looked forward; something that seems to be missing among brethren, today. We live for and look to the "here and now." However, all of us should learn to be content and follow God's leading; which, always takes us to His work; within us and His creation.
Today, since the resurrection, we must learn about His people. We will in every church service, learning about God and praising His work - just like David did. Aware of God's established creation, David was always singing "...a new song, For all the wonderful things" God has done (Ps 98:1). David's writing always the LORD'S people. In Psalms 98:2-3, the shepherd writes of God's "...righteousness, loving kindness and Faithfulness to the house of Israel." Thus, David writes for all the earth to "Shout joyfully to the LORD" (Ps 98:4). He wants all the earth to break forth and sing for joy, praising God and calls upon the CREATION, itself; the sea and mountains, to shout. "Let the rivers clap their hands; mountains sing together; knowing that God...will judge the world with righteousness" (Ps. 98:8-9). I would say that, if we claim to be God's people, then we must be like David. Let's read and study more. Then, we shall know how to praise the LORD. For David and, for the rest of us, Jesus was sent to fulfill all that David wanted to do and, through Him, we can do it all. Yes, Jesus is the Second Adam. He did not fail in bringing us to all that David wrote about. The next time you're outside, look up. Take all the LORD'S creation into account. Definitely, we shall begin to think just like David.