1 Chronicles 16:25-26 “For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and he is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols, but the Lord made the heavens.”
“Great is the Lord” is a testimony of the unique greatness of the
God of Israel, with recurring expressions of gratitude for His deliverances and
blessings. An article that I read explained that this God of Israel was no mere
tribal-god or nature-god. All such “gods” of the peoples of the earth—whether
wooden images in a shrine, astrological emblems in the heavens, or mental
constructs of evolutionary humanistic philosophers—are nothing but idols (that
is, literally, “good for nothing”). It is Jehovah God who is
not only in the heavens
but who made the
heavens! It is their Creator who one day will “let the sea roar” and “the
fields rejoice,” when “the trees of the forest
sing for joy before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth” – 32-33.
As Creator and Savior, all His people are exhorted also to “Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Tell
of his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among
the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!” - 23-24.
Because of His power, the world itself “shall
be stable [that is, ‘permanently established’], that it shall never moved” (v. 30). This “God of our salvation” (v. 35), and the wonderful heavens and earth
He created, will be forever. The psalm ends with the exhortation: “Oh give thanks
to the Lord, for he is good; for his
steadfast love endures forever! Say also:
“Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather and
deliver us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to
your holy name and glory in
your praise. Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from
everlasting to everlasting!” Then all the people said, “Amen!”
and praised the Lord.” (vv.
34-36).
Great is the Lord! In God We Trust!
Blessings in Christ, Brian
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