Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne;
Mercy and truth go before Your face.
15 Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound!
They walk, O LORD, in the light of Your countenance.
16 In Your name they rejoice all day long,
And in Your righteousness they are exalted.
17 For You are the glory of their strength,
And in Your favor our horn is exalted.
18 For our shield belongs to the LORD,
And our king to the Holy One of Israel.—Psalm 89:14-18
Ahhh...I love this. Sometimes I just read thru a Psalm quickly not really taking in its beauty and its truth. I paused at this passage this morning, however, and reread...really trying to take a little bit of its glory into my heart. Gods judgment is according to truth...He is altogether righteous. The good news for fallen man is that His judgment is tempered with mercy. We serve a God of righteousness, truth, justice and mercy. Our God is sovereign and holy...never unrighteous or unjust. Spurgeon says that “if mercy had not paved the way, the coming of God to any man must have been swift destruction.”
Blessed are the people who know the joyful sound...what sound? The sound of praise to our God! As believers we walk in His divine favor...in the light of his countenance. In His name we rejoice because He has sent His Son to save us from death and eternal destruction. We are clothed in the righteousness of His Son, Jesus. We need no other reason to rejoice...His all sufficient Son is ours and we are His. He has become our all sufficient joy no matter our circumstances. The Lord is my strength and my defense. My heart trusted in Him and I am helped. Therefore, my heart greatly rejoices and with my song will I praise him.
But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God--and righteousness and sanctification and redemption--
that, as it is written, "He who glories, let him glory in the LORD."—1 Corinthians 1:30-31O
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