Forever Exalted
It is good to praise
the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High, proclaiming your love in the
morning and your faithfulness at night, to the music of the ten-stringed lyre
and the melody of the harp.
For you make me glad
by your deeds, LORD; I sing for joy at what your hands have done. How great are
your works, LORD, how profound your thoughts! Senseless people do not know,
fools do not understand, that though the wicked spring up like grass and all
evildoers flourish, they will be destroyed forever.
But you, LORD, are
forever exalted.
For surely your
enemies, LORD, surely your enemies will perish; all evildoers will be
scattered. You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; fine oils have been
poured on me. My eyes have seen the defeat of my adversaries; my ears have
heard the rout of my wicked foes.
The righteous will
flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in
the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will
still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, proclaiming, “The
LORD is upright; he is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in him.”
Psalm
92:1-15
It is hard to look at
obituaries sometimes, especially when you know the recently deceased person. In
the picture will be someone from a different era, not the person you have known
most recently.
Too often, those who
had had a long life feel sidelined when they reach their later years. No matter
how old we are, we can have a fresh and fruitful life.
Your muscles may ache
and joints may hurt, and life may slow down a bit. But inwardly we are renewed
by our Father every single day.
No matter how old we
get, we can still be young at heart – but with the benefit of a well-lived
lifetime of knowledge and wisdom.
Fruitfulness
is God’s requirement; fruitfulness is His reward.
Our Daily Bread –