Proverbs 92

"It is good to give thanks to the Lord and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And your faithfulness by night . . . For You, O Lord, have made me glad by what You have done, I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands." - Psalm 92:1-2, 4


"A senseless man has no knowledge, Nor does a stupid man understand this:  That when the wicked sprouted up like grass and all who did iniquity flourished, it was only that they might be destroyed forevermore." - Psalms 92:6-7

Since it's coming up on Thanksgiving and we didn't set the reading for this week, I just picked a thankful Psalm.  David was a man after God's own heart and therefore is somebody worthy of emulation.  He exhibited a very thankful, worshipful tone throughout Psalms.  David always focused on what the Lord was doing or had done, and tried to see how it was good (because it's always good).

I think that's a quality that at least I could take to heart a little more (and I know a couple of you could take it to heart too. . . ahem Pew).  I tend to list toward despair because the world sometimes seems to be so much more rewarding than any reward the Lord could give me.

I realize that's a significant deficiency in faith, and I can't wait to outgrow it.

That's why I think David put verses six and seven in there, to give "stupid" men like me a lens through which to see that the world is just a tool for God to demonstrate His greatness.  In the end, that grass is gonna get cut and our faith will be rewarded.

In closing, how about this image for us to pattern ourselves after:

"The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon.  Planted in the house of the Lord, they will flourish in the courts of our God.  They will still yield fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and very green, to declare that the Lord is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him."


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