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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Psalms 135:1-21
Psalms 134:1-3 showed us the servants of the LORD gathered in His House to worship Him. Psalms 135:1-21 tells us about the theme of their praise: the great name of the LORD.
In Psalms 133:1-3 it was brethren dwelling together in unity which was good and pleasant. Here in v. 3 it is the LORD Himself who is found to be good and pleasant. The worshipper has "tasted that the Lord is gracious" (1 Peter 2:3). No matter how precious brotherly communion may be, nothing can replace for the soul the sweetness of the Lord’s love. Do we gather together in the assembly just to meet other Christians? Or is it rather because we can enjoy the blessed presence of the Lord there?
God has chosen Israel – and every redeemed person – "for his peculiar treasure" (v. 4; cf. Matthew 13:44); He worked in great power to acquire them (vv. 5-12). How worthless and ridiculous all the world’s idols appear when compared with such a God! And how much to be pitied are those who "trust in them"! (v. 18). To bless the LORD, who has become to us the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, is the privilege of everyone who fears Him (v. 20; Ephesians 1:3).
