“He Is My Rock”

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

As we get older we pass into the “winter” of old age quickly. Even though the years are galloping by, each day is a new one given to each of us, by our Lord.

Even though our lives have struggles and the pain and difficulties of others can sometimes overwhelm us, God enables us to join the psalmist in “singing for joy at what His hands have done.”

We have joy for blessings given: family, friends, and satisfying work. Joy because of God’s wondrous creation and His inspired Word. Joy because of God’s wondrous creation and His inspired Word. Joy because He gave us the Spirit, the source of true joy. Because of the Lord, believers in Him can ‘flourish like a palm tree…and still bear fruit in old age.

What fruit do you have to offer? No matter our circumstances or season of life, we can be examples of His love through the life we lead and the words we say. There is joy in knowing and living for the Lord and telling others about Him.

God is the giver of joy.

Our Daily Bread – January 28, 2018