Month: January 2025

Psalm 66:8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard.

Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men (v. 5). The response to seeing and believing the great works of God in Creation and Salvation is to bless God (say good things about Him), and call on all to make the voice of His praise to be heard. Believing is seeing, and seeing the terrible love of God on the cross and the awesome power of God at the tomb calls forth blessing and praise as the natural response to the great power of God to save.

The Lord is terribly bad toward sin and evil, but terribly good toward the sinner. The Holy Spirit blesses us with faith through the Gospel to see. We believe. We see. We praise. Our New Life is full of blessing and praise.

Psalm 66:1-3 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: Sing forth the honor of his name: make his praise glorious. Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.

Because God has done terrible works for us through the greatness of His power and the goodness of His love, we will respond by making a joyful noise, sing, praise, say, and worship the Lord. For He is good, His mercy endures forever, He has saved us, and made our enemies submit to Him.

Jesus Christ, in His life, death, and resurrection, has done it all for us and our salvation. And He sent the Holy Spirit to create faith in Christ. All that’s left for us to do is live lives of praise and worship everywhere and all the time. Even if we can’t sing well, we can make a joyful noise unto Him, say good things to God, and worship and praise God in our hearts all day long.

It is a victory song in our hearts and on our lips, for He has defeated all of our enemies decisively and forever. Everything will submit to God one day. Praise Jesus!

Psalm 65:4 Blessed is the man whom thou chooses, and cause the to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

The person whom God chooses is blessed, for He causes him to approach God and dwell in His Presence. There we will be satisfied with His goodness, kindness, and faithful love. The outcome of God, in love, sending His Son to die for us and then to live in us is that we may come to God at any time and live in His presence (courts). There, in the temple of God, which is our body, we will be satisfied with His goodness and mercy. Nothing can be more fulfilling than God living His life in us.

The Holy Spirit has brought us to Christ who brings us into the presence of God. He lives in us, dwells in His temple, and there He meets us to answer our prayers, to solve our problems, to fill our needs, to deliver us from evil, and to love us with unlimited, unconditional, and everlasting love. Life is good!