Wednesday, August 17th 2016
Psalm 33
Throughout Psalm 33, we learn a lot about the attributes of the Lord.
- God is just and wise.
The psalmist exhorts his audience to exalt the Lord because praise and joy belong to his people. Even as shouts of joy in honnor of the Lord, praise suits righteous men. Being joyful and full of praise is a great privilege for the people who honor the just Lord. The Lord God has made his people righteous. This doesn't mean they have no faults, simply that God has justified them. Later, the psalmist explains that the people of God are joyful and happy since God has given them his hertiage. Happiness is to belong to God.
- God is powerful and wise.
Yesterday, after studying what James wrote about Abraham's faith, we learned that God is omniscient. When Abraham believed in the Lord God—in spite of the absence of his child—and believed that he would have descendants, it was counted to him as righteousness. Fifteen years later, he would offer Isaac as a sacrifice. God watches over the whole earth and is omniscient. He watches the peoples. As though looking at a world map on the wall, God knows all the peoples, all those who live on the earth, since he is our creator. He opens his mouth and his will is accomplished (6-9). He is also wise and brings the counsel of nations to nothing. A king depends on great armies which will be destroyed. This all-powerful God gives counsel to his people so that they can walk in the world. The psalmist exhorts us to watch and listen to the Lord God who is full of love and compassion, worthy of our trust, since he saves us even from death so that we can live on earth.
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