the Fourth Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Psalms 48:1-14
Psalms 48:1-14 brings to an end the prophetic view begun in Psalms 42:1-11. We now see briefly the final attack of the kings of the earth against Jerusalem, and their utter defeat (vv. 4-7). The godly Jews then see the things they had heard about now being fulfilled for their blessing (v. 8; Psalms 44:1). Certainly then it had not been in vain that they had put their trust in God. After having suffered so much in exile, how precious each stone of the beloved city appears to them! And they find themselves again in the midst of this temple which they had longed for continually (Psalms 42:4; Psalms 43:3-4), completely filled with the sense of the goodness of their God (v. 9). Is this not equally our holy occupation when we are found where the Lord has promised His presence: to meditate upon His great love?
But in that day praise will not only fill the hearts of the believers scattered here and there as they are today; it will extend even to the ends of the earth, and will at last be worthy of the Name of the great God who will be the subject of all praise (v. 10).
Dear friend, this God who rules over the world’s destiny, and will accomplish that which He has spoken, is He your God for ever and ever, and your Guide until your last hour down here?
