Psalm 89（1）

Season 1 Episode 50 Psalm 89(1) Forever I will sing. God's divine government and his eternal fatherly love are invisible to all the earth. All we enjoy in life is from him and through him. Sometimes, biblical poetry is sandwiched with historical narratives, like stories from Genesis, Exodus, Chronicles, etc. In Psalm 89, this is the same case, from this part of the psalm, we do not really know who the story develops and ends. However, the psalmist began with the praises of God's steadfast love. How do you describe God? How do we praise God in his own names? It is not always easy especially when he is the sum total of all the good things to us, and especially in difficult situations perhaps. However, as his children, his eternal fatherly love is everlasting. It can not increase anymore because this is the greatest love shown in his son Jesus Christ. It can never reduce because God never changes. Everything about God is what we need for our salvation and everyone about him never changes. The psalmist praised God for his simplicity and uniqueness in his subduing power of creation, in his unfolding of the world, and in his keeping the covenant in his son Jesus Christ. God alone, in three persons, can create, sustain, keep the covenant, and call the nations to salvation, build his church, making miracles. He is the center of the universe, the eternal father, and the only true God. Spurgeon once commented on psalm 89:1, the cry of the saints is characteristic of Christian worship. Did you hear that? Singing, praying, crying out to the Lord is characteristic of Christian worship. We need all of God's characters and attributes to be saved. There is only one God in this world. None like him. Music credits to Rick Moldlin Psalm 89: Forever I will sing. --- Podcast: All rights reserved to Yaping Li.