October 10 / Psalm 113

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Psalm 113

This is the third in our series of eight “Hallelujah” psalms. Today’s psalm is just that: praise! The first six verses are all praise, while the last three verses speak of what the Lord has done, and His actions are praiseworthy. So yes, praise!

One pair of verses struck me: Who is like the LORD our God, Who is seated on high, Who looks far down on the heavens and the earth? (vv. 5-6) These verses follow immediately upon the psalmist’s glorification of the Lord in verse 4: The LORD is high above all nations, and His glory above the heavens! So, having exalted the Lord in His high position, the psalmist now acknowledges that the Lord is humble enough to interact with His creation. (Is it possible/reasonable to ascribe humility to the Lord? I’ve never imagined that.) My bottom line is this: God is high above all that He has created, and even in the height of His glory, He has love so strong for His creation that He “lowers” Himself to care for us so completely. In fact, the greatest demonstration of His love for us was sending Jesus to live within and among us. How can we not return His love when we consider the magnitude of His love for us? How can we not…??!!

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  1. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, Who, though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
    Philippians 2:5-8

    Yes, indeed, the Lord God Almighty is humble! As Fred (and the psalmist and Paul) said, as lofty as God may be, He loves us enough to come down to our level. And as Paul said, we should have the same mindset of humility toward one another.

  2. Fred, I liked your assertion about how God lowers Himself to care for us so completely. We in addiction recovery know what it’s like to “hit bottom”, a point at which we surrender completely because there is nowhere else to go. My own analogy of hitting bottom put me at the “bottom” of a deep, deep hole I had dug from my own choosing; no light, utter darkness! And when I had finally hit this bottom, I found God just waiting there for me. He had lowered Himself into my self-dug hole where I was surrounded by darkness, took me by the hand and helped me climb back into the light of His love. A wonderful, glorious demonstration of His love and care for me! A miracle for sure!!

    This was a great reminder also to not take God’s love for granted, but to cherish it and desire to go deeper with God to find the many facets of His love for us.

    Hallelujah!

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