“God In the New Year”

January 1, 2019

“God In the New Year”

Blessings folk!!

Another new year!
An exciting time.
A place to begin again.
A place to learn from the past and press on.

Read Psalm 65 again.

Today as we start the new year, rejoice in what we learn about God from this Psalm.

Psa 65:1-13

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.

There will be silence before You, and praise in Zion, O God,
And to You the vow will be performed.

O You who hear prayer,
To You all men come.

Iniquities prevail against me;
As for our transgressions, You forgive them.

How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You
To dwell in Your courts.
We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house,
Your holy temple.

By awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation,
You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;

Who establishes the mountains by His strength,
Being girded with might;

Who stills the roaring of the seas,
The roaring of their waves,
And the tumult of the peoples.

They who dwell in the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs;
You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy.

You visit the earth and cause it to overflow;
You greatly enrich it;
The stream of God is full of water;
You prepare their grain, for thus You prepare the earth.

You water its furrows abundantly,
You settle its ridges,
You soften it with showers,
You bless its growth.

You have crowned the year with Your bounty,
And Your paths drip with fatness.

The pastures of the wilderness drip,
And the hills gird themselves with rejoicing.

The meadows are clothed with flocks
And the valleys are covered with grain;
They shout for joy, yes, they sing.


God…

  • Forgives transgressions
  • Chooses those who He brings near to Himself
  • Does awesome deeds
  • Answers us in righteousness
  • Is God of our salvation
  • Is trust
  • Establishes mountains
  • Stills the roaring seas
  • Stills the tumult of the people (that is a great truth!)
  • Performs sign
  • Makes the dawn and the sunset shout for joy
  • Visits the earth, causes it to overflow…water, grain
  • Waters, settles ridges, softens it, blesses the earth
  • Crowns the year with bounty/fatness
    • Pastures of the wilderness, drip with fatness
    • Hills, gird themselves with rejoicing
    • Meadows, clothed with flocks
    • Valleys, covered with grain
    • They all shout for joy
    • They all sing

Do you believe?
If so, join with creation in rejoicing unto the Lord.

Enter a new year with the understanding of Who God is.
Know He desires good for you.
Know that He will bring it forth.

Abide in the Lord.
Rejoice in the Lord.
Go in the Lord.

Selah!

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