Psalm 92 - How Great Are Your Works

0:00Psalm 92, a psalm, a psalm for the Sabbath. It is good to give thanks to the Lord to sing praises to your name almost high, to declare your steadfast love in the morning and your faithfulness by night, to the music of the loot and the harp to the melody of the lyre, for you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work. At the works of your hands, I sing for joy. How great are your works, O Lord? Your thoughts are very deep. The stupid man cannot know the fool cannot understand this, that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evil doers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever. But you, O Lord, are on high forever. For behold your enemies, O Lord, for behold your enemies shall perish. All evil doers shall be scattered. But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox, you have poured over me fresh oil. My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies. My ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

1:02The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar and lemon on. They are planted in the house of the Lord. They flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit and old age. They are ever full of sap and green, to declare that the Lord is upright. He is my rock and there is no unrighteousness in him. The prescript for this song tells us it is meant for the Sabbath. That comes into your mind when you hear the word Sabbath. Maybe you think simply of Sunday or of church. Maybe you think of Christians who treat the Sabbath in a very conscientious way and are careful to do no work. Maybe not much at all comes into your mind. You know it is associated with ancient Judaism but not much else. The Sabbath is something built into the very creation of the world. We see the first Sabbath in the opening two chapters of the Bible, as God Himself rests on the seventh day. The Sabbath has been put in place for God's people to show us that He is a God of rest and that entrusting Him we ourselves find our true rest. The Sabbath was not instituted merely to be another rule for God's people to keep.

2:05It is a gracious gift in order for God's people to gain a foretaste of the final rest in the new heavens and new earth we will one day enjoy. That is when we will experience the concluding description of this song. The righteous flourish like the palm tree. They are planted in the house of the Lord. They flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit and old age. They are ever full of sap and green. Are you in haste? Are you frantic on the inside? Do you paint smiles over internal distress? That is not what Christ came to offer. Instead He came to offer eternal rest which we anticipate each and every Lord's day as we rest from our worldly labors. Bring to Jesus your worries, your cares. Unload your burdens on Him. Above all, give Him your sins. He died and rose again to give us rest for our souls now. And one day rest for both soul and body, perfectly, forever, unendingly.

3:16And one day rest for both soul and body, perfectly, forever, unendingly.