06/04/2024
Dear SCC Family,
*GOD’S PERFECTIONS.*
David praises the Lord’s great attributes of love, faithfulness, righteousness & justice in Psalm 36.
The overflow of God’s glory radiating unto us meets our every basic human need – we are loved, protected,
sheltered, have the warmth of His embrace, nurtured, provided with abundant food & drink & held in community (nb: children of men v7).
We see all these portrayed in the imagery of this Psalm. Incredible!!
Yesterday we focussed on the majesty of God’s righteousness, which is revealed to us, & gifted unto us, ‘In Christ’. Today we will think more on God’s justice (righteous judgment).
Your mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens;
Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O Lord, You preserve man and beast. How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures. For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.
*PSALM 36:5-9* NKJV
David portrays God’s justice & judgements as being full of wisdom & as deep as the ocean. Truly vast & beyond our capacity to measure!! That is amazing as to this day humanity has never fully ventured to the deepest depths of the ocean & we are still discovering creatures that exist in that realm. God’s justice & righteous judgements are inexhaustible & beyond our current scope to fully investigate or comprehend!! SELAH
We marvel at the Lord’s majesty & we must also live with His mystery.
God is the God of justice (Isaiah 30:18). It is who He is & part of His unchanging divine nature. His justice is always with righteous & just judgements & it just flows freely & effortlessly from Him. His righteousness (always doing the right thing) means He always makes right, wise