Psalm 65:1-2
“Praise waited for Thee, O God, in Zion; and unto Thee shall the vow be performed. O Thou that hears prayer, unto Thee shall all flesh come.”
What of Today’s Verse…
What Rapture there is here! It reminds one of a lark at dawn filling regions of air with music which threatens to rend its tiny throat. The Psalmist is in fellowship with God. He is enjoying his prayer and praise so much that it seemed to him as though all flesh must wake up to enjoy it also. His iniquities and transgressions are purged away. He feels that God is causing him to approach into His secret place, and all nature takes on a new radiance and beauty.
The personal pronouns for God–Thou, Thee, Thy, occur at least twenty times in thirteen verses! We remember that Wordsworth speaks of a Presence that rolls through all things: “A sense sublime of something deeply interfused, whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, and the round ocean, and the living air, and the blue sky–a motion and a spirit.” The poet was a lover of the meadows, and the woods, and mountains!
Too many of us, also, Nature seems but the slight covering or garment, which only partially, conceals the glory and beauty of God’s Presence. The bush still burns with fire. The mountain-heights are filled with the horses and chariots of angelic guardians. “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showed His handiwork.” There is no voice or language that the ordinary sense of man can detect, but when our hearts are clean, and our ears open, we realize that we are in touch with Him whom some day we shall see face to face, but who even now reveals Himself to the pure in heart (Mat_5:8).
Let us Pray:
O God our Heavenly Father, renew in us the sense of Thy gracious Presence, and let it be a constant impulse within us to peace, trustfulness, and courage on our pilgrimage. Amen.
Words of Wisdom
Divine Order
I trust in God.
There may be occasions in my life and in the lives of others when events make absolutely no sense to me. The loss of a job, an encounter with a serious illness, or some other aspect of my life may tempt me to cry out, “Why, God?”
In every instance, God has already established a divine plan that will carry me through to the other side of any challenge I may experience.
My mission is simply to seek out the good that lies at the heart of any adversity. God knows my right and perfect opportunity for employment, partnership, health and wholeness. My life is in the care of God, and I trust in divine order.
“Jesus heard that they had driven him out, and when he found him, he said, ‘Do you believe in the Son of Man?’ … He said, ‘Lord, I believe.'”–John 9:35,38
