I praise the Lord because He does what is right. I sing praises to the Lord Most High. (vs 17). With these words, David ends his psalm. Isn't this really the end of all we can say? Our sovereign God does what is right, whether we like it or not, whether we understand it or not, whether we agree or not. Only the God Most High, so much higher than we, has a bird's eye view of all the span of history. He does not see time as it unfolds, but He sees all time at a glance. He lives out of time and space, having created it for us. Our fighting against it is ridiculous, our moving within it is salvation and purpose. Don't wag your finger in the face of God telling Him He is not doing things right in your life. Instead, surrender to the One Who has a dream for you that He has dreamed from before the beginning of time. What could be better than that? It will make your heart sing.
Praise prepares us for heaven. I know. My kids have said when they were younger that being in heaven sounds boring. Just floating around playing harps and singing for...for...well, for forever! They wanted it to end before it even began! Though we don't know all that God has planned for us, we have pictures of it from His Word. There is food. There is purpose and peace. There are gardens and a beautiful river. Streets glow like transparent gold and precious jewels glint in the golden rays of light created by the God of heaven, as He is all the light needed. Millions of angels dwell there, and they are constantly singing and praising the One Who sits on the throne. Their thunderous voices pulsate as the strains of their song wafts through the air. Thunder and lightnings emanate from the throne which is bathed in emerald light. The Lamb Who was slain from the foundations of the world, our Jesus, sits on the throne. He is the culmination of all history as God planned it - the very heart of God made manifest to us.
Central to everything is the Most High God. The judge. He is interested in only one thing as we stand before Him on that day. What did we do with Jesus? The Lamb. Our sacrifice. His heart. Because in His great mercy, God became man and dwelt among us. If we shunned that death, we are doomed. God in this act of self-sacrifice did not do what was just - He did what was merciful. He made us right by taking on our punishment. So, with David, we can sing praises to the God who does what is right - the God who makes things right. He wields the rod of justice only against those who stubbornly refuse Him.
Those in heaven, with harps given them by God, will sing the song of Moses and of the Lamb:
You do great and wonderful things, Lord God Almighty. Everything the Lord does is right and true, King of the nations. Everyone will respect You, Lord, and will honor You. Only You are holy. All the nations will come and worship You because the right things You have done are now made known.(Revelation 15) On the day when I know even as I am known, maybe I won't even care to understand all I cannot fathom now because He will be there, wrapped in emerald splendor, thundering His love for me.
Praise prepares us for heaven. I know. My kids have said when they were younger that being in heaven sounds boring. Just floating around playing harps and singing for...for...well, for forever! They wanted it to end before it even began! Though we don't know all that God has planned for us, we have pictures of it from His Word. There is food. There is purpose and peace. There are gardens and a beautiful river. Streets glow like transparent gold and precious jewels glint in the golden rays of light created by the God of heaven, as He is all the light needed. Millions of angels dwell there, and they are constantly singing and praising the One Who sits on the throne. Their thunderous voices pulsate as the strains of their song wafts through the air. Thunder and lightnings emanate from the throne which is bathed in emerald light. The Lamb Who was slain from the foundations of the world, our Jesus, sits on the throne. He is the culmination of all history as God planned it - the very heart of God made manifest to us.
Central to everything is the Most High God. The judge. He is interested in only one thing as we stand before Him on that day. What did we do with Jesus? The Lamb. Our sacrifice. His heart. Because in His great mercy, God became man and dwelt among us. If we shunned that death, we are doomed. God in this act of self-sacrifice did not do what was just - He did what was merciful. He made us right by taking on our punishment. So, with David, we can sing praises to the God who does what is right - the God who makes things right. He wields the rod of justice only against those who stubbornly refuse Him.
Those in heaven, with harps given them by God, will sing the song of Moses and of the Lamb:
You do great and wonderful things, Lord God Almighty. Everything the Lord does is right and true, King of the nations. Everyone will respect You, Lord, and will honor You. Only You are holy. All the nations will come and worship You because the right things You have done are now made known.(Revelation 15) On the day when I know even as I am known, maybe I won't even care to understand all I cannot fathom now because He will be there, wrapped in emerald splendor, thundering His love for me.
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