Psalm 92

It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praise to your name, O Most High;

to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night,

to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.

For you, O LORD, have made me glad by your work;

at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

How great are your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep!

The dullard cannot know, the stupid cannot understand this:

though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish,

they are doomed to destruction forever, but you, O LORD, are on high forever.

For your enemies, O LORD, for your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered.

But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; you have poured over me fresh oil.

My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;

my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

The righteous flourish like the palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

They are planted in the house of the LORD; they flourish in the courts of our God.

In old age they still produce fruit; they are always green and full of sap,

showing that the LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

 

This month, we will venture from our season of Lent to Eastertide, where we celebrate Christ’s resurrection anew! I love Eastertide – where the good news of Easter feels fresh and abundant, especially after a season of fasting. I chose a longer piece of Scripture for this month’s newsletter, the entirety of Psalm 92. It is a beautiful prayer and I found it hard to choose just one part. This Psalm reminds us of our duty to give thanks to God, the abundance of God’s goodness, and how we are called to be righteous so that even in “old age [we might] still produce fruit” (v 14).

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This church is like the palm trees the Psalmist describes. This year will be our 198th year of ministry in Breckinridge county! This is something to celebrate! We celebrate the people who came before us and showed us God’s love. We are called to be “planted in the house of the Lord” and to flourish in God’s courts (v 13).

In this season, may we sing praises to God for God’s unfailing love and may we remember to be planted in God’s word.

 

To God be the Glory!

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Rev. Tess Welch