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1 The Lord is king; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! 2 The Lord is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples. 3 Let them praise your great and awesome name. Holy is he! 4 Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. 5 Extol the Lord our God; worship at his footstool. Holy is he! 6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel also was among those who called on his name. They cried to the Lord, and he answered them. 7 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; they kept his decrees, and the statutes that he gave them. 8 O Lord our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings. 9 Extol the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy. (Psalm 99 NRSV)
Happy Thursday, dear Friend. I pray this finds you well. May our time together bring blessings upon blessings for our spiritual and physical lives. Please continue to pray for the needs of which you are aware, and make time to pray for one another, and for yourselves.
The psalmist's heart could never stop thanking and praising God. To read these words from the hand of Israel's great king and one understands why God chose him at a young age to be king over such a great nation. God used him to make Israel even greater because of his leadership. The man, who when he was a boy slew the great military giant, Goliath, is the same man who writes from his heart the praises of the living God. It is humbling to see a great king take second place to the true king, God. David never considered himself greater than God and that same attitude was found in his son, who succeeded him as king. Solomon was a true son of David, for when God asked him what he wanted to be a good ruler, the son knew to ask only for the wisdom to rule fairly and justly. The words of the son were first the words of the father; "lover of justice," "equity," and, "righteousness." Did not the father speak these words in the presence of the child while he was growing up?
And David knew and cherished his history and heritage, and wrote about Moses and Aaron, and Samuel. The story of the Exodus was a fresh story and memory in David's heart; and to know and speak of God's forgiveness is something we still have to mention and be thankful for even and especially today. All of which led David to be a worship leader and king.
What words have we taught our children? If they are grown now, are they themselves models for their children? What psalms would they be capable of writing and sharing? If nothing else, I would pray they are capable of praising and thanking God.
PRAYER: Awesome God, some of us have had to unlearn words we learned from parents and grandparents. Some of us have had to learn new behaviors from outside the home to be more like the believers we have learned to become. And some of us are still "under construction" and we pray for Your loving patience to be truly God-made and God-shaped. Visit us today with a freshness for life and a zest for being truly genuine in our worship and praise of You. We pray in Christ Jesus' strong name, amen!
Have a great and blessed day in the Lord! Use only praise words today in all of your sentences; yes, make folks wonder what you've been up to!
Receive my blessings of joy and life,
Pastor Eradio Valverde
