"O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord."
Psalms 117:1-2
These two verses are the entirety of this psalm, so a very short one. I like it though, and one of the thing that stood out to me today is the idea that the truth of the Lord endureth forever.
We live in a world where truth often seems variable and in some cases impossible to find out. Because of the fear of theft, cruelty, and evil, we are slow to trust and we work to restrict information. Because of the desire for profit and power, blatant lies are spread in order to cover up or distract from the truth, or sometimes just in order to inflate ego or popularity. Promises and agreements are commonly considered worthless if they are unenforceable.
By contrast, the Lord is unchanging, constant, and never breaks his word. His truth is a rock in the sea of ever-changing opinion and a light that can break through the fog of falsehoods.
God urges us to walk his path, and much of that path involves truth. Perhaps today is a good day to sit down and think about our relationship with truth in our lives. Are we on good terms? Does our word mean something? If not, perhaps we should work on that... and even if so, we can likely improve by a lot. :) Let's follow God and be people of truth, and hold to his example and his never-changing truth when we're lost in this world of deception. That is indeed, great reason to praise him. :)
For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord."
Psalms 117:1-2
These two verses are the entirety of this psalm, so a very short one. I like it though, and one of the thing that stood out to me today is the idea that the truth of the Lord endureth forever.
We live in a world where truth often seems variable and in some cases impossible to find out. Because of the fear of theft, cruelty, and evil, we are slow to trust and we work to restrict information. Because of the desire for profit and power, blatant lies are spread in order to cover up or distract from the truth, or sometimes just in order to inflate ego or popularity. Promises and agreements are commonly considered worthless if they are unenforceable.
By contrast, the Lord is unchanging, constant, and never breaks his word. His truth is a rock in the sea of ever-changing opinion and a light that can break through the fog of falsehoods.
God urges us to walk his path, and much of that path involves truth. Perhaps today is a good day to sit down and think about our relationship with truth in our lives. Are we on good terms? Does our word mean something? If not, perhaps we should work on that... and even if so, we can likely improve by a lot. :) Let's follow God and be people of truth, and hold to his example and his never-changing truth when we're lost in this world of deception. That is indeed, great reason to praise him. :)
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