Daily Devotion of Psalm 48
Daily Nugget:
“For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.” Psalm 48:14
This Psalm also speaks of the millennial reign and the victory of the Messiah during that time. However, verse 14 applies throughout all time, including today. That declaration is that God has been and will be one’s guide no matter the generation, trials, and throughout our lifetime.
That realization and comfort have gotten many of God’s followers through their life. Be it health, life-changing decisions, survival, financial, and all other situations in life; God will never “leave thee nor forsake” His own. He will be one’s guide through life no matter what is faced if He is allowed.
I lived 28 years without seeking or following godly leadership. Most of my regrets today have been because of the wrong choices and actions when I did not allow or seek God’s direction. However, now things are different on the saved side of the Cross since I have been born-again and attempt to obey Him.
What a comfort it is to know one has a righteous and Holy God leading them through life. Most challenges we face appear frightening when they are first seen. However, after years of seeing God’s successful and safe leadership through the daunting “storms,” I am convinced and sure that whatever looms over us will be dealt with by God’s guidance and protection.
Although some may not like this statement about going through testing and tribulations, it no longer is by faith for me. God has guided my wife and me through countless situations which He has changed the outcomes, answered thousands of prayers, done the impossible so many times, done more for us that we deserve, and now I am confident I know He will do it again. My past experiences have taught me He will always help us if we seek His assistance and His will.
Just this week we had a situation with what would appear to many as not having a positive outcome. Every door I tried to open was closed tight which could have caused my wife and I to worry and panic. Time was getting shorter when we needed to have a solution.
However, as being down that road many, many times, I was confident God would work it out. Just in what we thought was the knick of time, all details were quickly solved within hours. What could have appeared to outsiders as not possible and complicated was swiftly disentangled. (Thank you, Lord!) Not once did I give it a moments thought. He did it in the past, I knew He would do it again, and He did. We certainly have faith in the Lord, but our trust for Him is also very strong.
We need to put all our concerns, problems, and worries in God’s hands. He knows best! He is the best leader. We may have failed Him, but He is always faithful.
Follow His commandments and let him guide you through life. You will never regret following Him.
Today’s Thought:
“You can trust the Man who died for you.” — Charles E. Cowman
Words to Understand:
Bulwarks: a fortifying mound of earth that protects forces positioned behind it
Selah: a musical pause requiring one to contemplate about what was just written or said
Sons of Korah: sons of Moses’ cousin, Korah, who were singers
Tarshish: a wealthy town known for their metal smelteries, including silver
Zion: Jerusalem
Today’s Reading:
Psalm 48
1 A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
6 Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8 ¶ As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah.
9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.
10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments.
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
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