Psalms 92:1-3
It is good to give thanks to the Lord,
to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
to declare your steadfast love in the morning,
and your faithfulness by night,
to the music of the lute and the harp,
to the melody of the lyre.
Truth: God cares for us at night and continues to show us His love in the day
God doesn't take the night off. He doesn't take the mornings off and sleep in. God's faithfulness extends through the deepest dark of night and His love is refreshed each day for us. We often get lost in the dark. We grope and search for things in the dark and wake up worried about our station, standing and safety in the day. In this Psalm the writer tells us it is good for our focus to be on Him and His faithfulness. God is to be our focus ... we are to sing about His love and faithfulness. The writer says it is "good to give thanks to the Lord." We spend most of our lives asking God for things and worried about things, rather than rejoicing in Who God is and what He does for us each day. God is faithful and God is loving. He shows us His steadfast love by forgiving us of all our sins. Paul sums us this love and faithfulness in several ways, but perhaps in no greater passage than this:
Colossians 2:13-14
And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
God both "made us alive" and has "forgiven us all our trespasses." That might be the most motivating news and powerful words in all Scripture. Those two verses are the "gospel" and it is wha the writer of this Psalm was expressing in Psalm 92. When we know that God's love makes us a live and His faithfulness cancels our sins by paying the debt for us, we ought to burst forth in praise and song. The "lute and the harp" are not enough instruments for this great truth but, they are a start. We need to wake up each day to give thanks to the Lord and to sing praises to His name, "O most High!"
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