Liz’s Morning Devotional: Scripture selected from Upper Room
June 13, 2023
Psalm 145:13-21
13 Your kingdom is a kingship that lasts forever; your rule endures for all generations. The LORD is trustworthy in all that he says, faithful in all that he does. 14 The LORD supports all who fall down, straightens up all who are bent low. 15 All eyes look to you, hoping, and you give them their food right on time, 16 opening your hand and satisfying the desire of every living thing. 17 The LORD is righteous in all his ways, faithful in all his deeds. 18 The LORD is close to everyone who calls out to him, to all who call out to him sincerely. 19 God shows favor to those who honor him, listening to their cries for help and saving them. 20 The LORD protects all who love him, but he destroys every wicked person. 21 My mouth will proclaim the LORD’s praise and every living thing will bless God’s holy name forever and always.
Good Morning, Great is thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!
In the final section of Psalms, David retakes time to lift up praise for God, This excerpt is part of an acrostic poem praising God. In its original language, the poetic template is revealed as David creates a line for each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. Later translations provided a version that is easier to read in today’s vernacular. As one who has been asked to create acrostic poems as part of my English classes, I am fascinated by this writing, so I am including it for you to read.
v1 Always I will *praise you, my God and my king, and I will *bless your name!
v2 "*Bless you" I will say every day and I will always *praise your name.
v3 Clearly the *LORD is great and we can never *praise him enough. We will never know how great he really is!
v4 Down from father to son people will say what *wonderful things you have done. They will tell each other how powerful you are.
v5 Everyone is talking about your *glory and your *beauty. I will keep thinking about the *wonderful things that you do.
v6 Famous are the things that you have done. People talk about them. I also will say what great things you do.
v7 Good things are what everybody remembers about you. They all sing about how kind you are.
v8 How full of *grace and *mercy is the *LORD. He is slow to become angry and is full of kind love.
v9 It is the *LORD that is kind to everybody. He shows his *mercy to everything that he has made.
v10 Joining together, everything that you have made will *praise you, *LORD. Your *saints will *bless you!
v11 "*Kingdom of *Glory" is where you rule. People talk about it and about how powerful you are.
v12 Let everybody know the powerful things that you have done; and the *glory and *beauty of your *kingdom.
v13 Many years, even for always, will your *kingdom remain. You will always rule over it.
Now the *LORD will do as he has promised. All that he does shows his *mercy.
v14 Out of trouble the *LORD will bring everybody. He will give help to everyone that has fallen down.
v15 People and other living things look to you. You give them food when they need it.
v16 Really, you open your hand. And you give every living thing what it wants.
v17 So the *LORD is fair in all his ways. Everything that he does shows us his *mercy.
v18 The *LORD is near to all that pray to him. He is near to all that are honest when they pray to him.
v19 Very soon he will give what they need to those that love him. He will hear what they say and save them.
v20 *Wicked people will the *LORD destroy. But he will save the people that love him.
v21 You will hear me speak the *praises of the *LORD.
All that he has made will *bless his *holy name.
David summarizes his covenantal relationship with God in this closing Psalm. In each verse, we read of another blessing. God created us, provides for us, shows us mercy, is near to all who sincerely pray, listens to us, and saves us. David’s final response to these blessings is to praise God and bless His Holy Name. Hallelujah! Amen!
Amazing God, We thank you for Your blessings. Help us take the time to examine and reflect upon the blessings that You freely give to us. We are abundantly blessed, and we Thank You! In the name of Christ, we pray. Amen
Thought for the day: Thank God for our many blessings.
Hallelujah! Pastor Liz
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