#DailyDevotion We Live In Hope
Psalm 92 10But You have given me strength like that of a wild bull, and fresh oil is poured on me. 11My eyes see those who watch for me; my ears hear the evildoers attacking me.
The Hebrew here probably should be expressed in future time as a number of other translations do it: Psa 92:10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. (KJV) I would tend to agree with those that do that. We, the oppressed Church, look forward to the day of the resurrection and judgment. On that day we are raised immortal, imperishable, incorruptible and glorious. (1 Cor. 15). Though certainly at times in this life we receive from the LORD the strength we need to face the day and all of its troubles. (Phi. 4:13) Often our strength and encouragement for today comes from the fact of what the LORD is going to do for us in the future. We can bear all things if we have a hope for the future, which we do.
On the day of the LORD we shall see those who watched for us, who waited for us to fall and fail receive their due. They despised the love and the forgiveness of our LORD Jesus Christ and trusted in their own goodness to prevail in the afterlife. They will be terribly disappointed. They will no longer surprise us on that day. We shall see and hear all their plans against us and they will come to naught. The LORD is with us.
12The righteous flourish like palm trees and grow tall like cedars in Lebanon. 13They are planted in the LORD’s house; they blossom like flowers in the courts of our God. 14Even when they’re old, they still bear fruit, being green and full of sap, 15to show that the LORD is righteous.
On the day of resurrection how glorious we will be. The apostle says we will be like our LORD Jesus Christ in His resurrected body. (1 John 3:2) Revelation1 gives quite an image of our LORD, “He wore a robe reaching down to His feet, with a gold belt around His chest. 14His head and hair were white like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like flames of fire. 15 His feet were like glowing bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters. 16In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp, double-edged sword, and His face was like the sun when it shines in all its brightness.” Well the Psalm gives us more of the image of majestic palm trees and the cedars of Lebanon (see sequoias in California as a reference).
In the kingdom of God, the kingdom of our LORD Jesus Christ, we shall ever bear the good fruit of the Spirit. We are planted in the New Jerusalem. We are pillars and stones in the temple of God. We will never wear, tear, or have the effects of wearing out as we age. This is to show the LORD is righteous. We put our trust in Him. This will be our reward for believing in Him. Let us then remain faithful to Him all our days as we pass through this veil of tears and darkness.
He’s my Rock, and there’s no iniquity in Him!
There is the name He calls Himself in Deuteronomy, Zur, the Rock. Jesus is the Rock. He is the stone rejected by the builders which has become the cornerstone. He is the One whose word we are to believe and put into practice. No one who puts his trust in Him will be put to shame. Upon Jesus, the Rock, the Church is founded. He is your foundation. Paul in no uncertain terms identifies Jesus as the Rock of the Torah in 1 Cor. 10:4). In Him, there is no iniquity. So He could take our iniquity and trespasses upon Himself, make the atoning sacrifice for them, and give to us His righteousness so we may be His holy people.
Heavenly Father, always put before our eyes Your promises that we may trudge through today in the hope they give us of the world to come where we live under Your Son, Jesus Christ, our LORD in all holiness and righteousness. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.