Saturday, November 5, 2016

Psalm 145

You open Your hand
And satisfy the desire of every living thing. v.16


Read chapter 145
This psalm of David is one of thanksgiving and praise.  We see the vertical praises up to God and the horizontal declarations to men of God's goodness.  We may not always agree with statements like "the Lord upholds all who fall" (v.14) because of circumstances in our life or others, but the deep waters of the knowledge of God are unfathomable and unsearchable.  So does this make Him a god you are suspicious of?  Or One you mistrust? Oh I hope not.  Let us not be staggered by what is dark in this dispensation of grace to all.
God's hands are outstretched for us.  And as we see the picture of God's hand in verse sixteen we must think of the difference between the hand and the heart.  Charles Spurgeon puts it, "God opens his hand, in the way of providence, towards his worst enemies. He gave Nebuchadnezzar all the kingdoms of the earth. But he opens his heart in the gospel of his Son. This is the better portion of the two. While we are thankful for the one, let us not rest satisfied in it: it is merely a hand portion. Rather let us pray with Jabez to be blessed indeed; and that we might have a Joseph's portion; not only the precious things of the earth and the fulness thereof, but "the good will of him that dwelt in the bush!"
What desires do you need from God's hand right now?  "The hand of grace is never closed while the sinner live."

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