The Daily Word

 

In Psalm 92 we have some sound words, “It is a good thing to give thanks to the Lord and to sing praises unto your name O most High”. This was the psalmist’s view of God, and the blessings God had given him. I can’t recall whether this psalm was written by David but if it was, David had endured some very difficult and stressful episodes in his life and made many mistakes for which God had righteously judged him. We too can look back on our lives and see difficult periods and sinful mistakes and yet we don’t have to bear the judgement of God because that judgement has been borne by Jesus.

I have been thinking about that hymn, ‘Praise my soul the King of heaven’ and the lines in the verse which go something like this, “Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, who like thee His praise should sing.”

And this is why we gather on a Sunday morning to combine our hearts and minds together in that act of remembering our Lord Jesus Christ. Because we have experienced all those blessings named in that verse line, and much more also. If David or another psalmist could write about his experiences of God that he had gone through and say it was good to acknowledge the blessings God had given him, how much more can we give thanks to the Lord and sing praises to His name around His Table this morning.

Article written by Brian Preston, Elder @SFGH Church