Psalms
87 – 89
It’s good to be home, still trying to get over the jet lag
and a red-eye home, but I am feeling healthy and happy. The trip was wonderful,
went to Portland to watch Devon compete in Dew Tour. After that Vern joined us
for a trip to Grants Pass for a nice day just enjoying everyone’s company.
Finally flew down to Southern California for a visit with my parents. My father
is doing surprisingly well considering he had just finished the 4th
round of chemo. Mom has some issues with her back that need attention.
Verse 87:7 ends the song of the sons of Korah:
Those who sing and those who dance
will say together,
“All my fountains of joy are in You.”
The phrase “all my fountains” caught my eyes here since one
of my favorite Chris Tomlin songs is named that. What does “all my fountains” actually mean?
Think about it how many of us think about our joy springing up like a fountain?
Our joy in the Lord should be uncontainable like a natural spring or fountain.
I think of Old Faithful, the geyser in Yellowstone park that bursts a plume of
water every 91 minutes. Think of your joy in God that way and not a dribbling
drinking fountain from school.
Verse 88:4 is an example of a Job like Psalm:
I’m like the poor and helpless who
die alone,
left for dead, as good as the unknowable
sea of souls lying under our feet,
Often in life we feel like this, the question is are we
going to complain or be joyful? One must only look at Paul who was beaten and
jailed, yet still looked at the love God has for all of us. Life was never
promised to be a “rose garden,” as the song reiterates (“I beg your pardon; I
never promised you a rose garden”). God says we will have troubles and strife;
we need to keep our faith in him. Our faithful enduring is a hall mark of our
faith, we need peace in the torment. We need to learn how to spring joy from
all our fountains.
Verse 89:24 is from a more uplifting Psalm:
My faithfulness and unfailing love
will never leave him;
through My name, strength and power will be his.
God’s unfailing love is something we need to understand even
in times of pain and struggle. Again as I write this I am listening to “One
Thing Remains” by Jeremy Riddle which says “Your love never fails, never gives
up, never runs out on me.” Yes even in times we think God is distant, if we
open our minds we can see his love and influence. We just need to remember God
is in everything and often the pain we experience is due to man’s freewill, ours
or someone else’s.
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