Greetings Sisters and
Brothers who daily and diligently look to Christ…
Psalm 92:1 It is
good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;
92:2 to declare your steadfast love in the
morning, and your faithfulness by night,
92:3 to the music of the lute and the harp, to
the melody of the lyre.
92:4 For you, O LORD, have made me glad by
your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.
The Psalms consistently
recognize that it is the work of God that we are glad!
This Psalm acknowledges that the psalmist is praising God morning
and night. I take that to mean that he
praises all through the day! The use of
“book-ends” in the Bible is not to be taken to exclude the “in-between “
stuff. Just because God created the day and the night doesn’t mean that we
don’t have dusk, the transition between day and night. Just because He is
characterized as the Alpha and Omega doesn’t mean that he is absent in the rest
of the alphabet. Contrast is consistently used in the Bible to include the
gradations in between.
The mentioning of the music of the lute and harp may be an
encouragement that what ever skill or interest we have we may use that to
praise. The lute and harp are mentioned purely because David wrote the psalm
and music was his skill and interest. I doubt that God would leave out those
lacking in skill of musical instruments. Praise God with your mechanical
abilities, your healing skills, your art, your words, your charity all
through the day!
The psalmist begins the day
with praise, walks through the day with God, and ends the day thankful. He
recognizes the great characteristics of God in steadfast love and faithfulness
as he begins and concludes the day.
I suppose it would be a good and healthy habit to begin the day
with some good word to the Lord, and then, no matter what happens through the
day to continue to praise, and to conclude the day with some thankful regard
for our opportunity for rest in the evening.
Let us always remember that God is indeed steadfast in love and
that all through the day, let’s not miss out of one minute of it (or of any of
the moments in between the minutes)!
Peace this day and well beyond, Mike
