Scripture for Today | Psalm 92 (with Pastor Nick)

About this Episode

Opening Song: 

Brighter than the Sun by Caleb Choo, Jonathan Ogden, and Nathan Stirling.

Lyrics:

Oh Lord

You love

More than anyone

Oh Lord

You shine

Brighter than the sun

 

I've been searching

For a love like Yours and

I am seeking longing

To know You more

With my whole heart

I was made to worship You

My saviour Jesus

'Cause You're the source of my life

 

I love You Lord

There’s nothing in this world that I want more

You’re everything

That every human heart is searching for

 

You are the source of the love that I need

You are the river

The fountain the stream

You go beyond all that we can conceive

So open my eyes Father I want to see

 

You are the way You’re the truth and the life

All that I need I believe You provide

You will shine forth in Your glory and might

'Til even the darkness is turned into light

Passage: 

1 It is good to give thanks to the LORD,

to sing praises to your name, O Most High;

2 to declare your steadfast love in the morning,

and your faithfulness by night,

3 to the music of the lute and the harp,

to the melody of the lyre.

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

at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

 

5 How great are your works, O LORD!

Your thoughts are very deep!

6 The stupid man cannot know;

the fool cannot understand this:

7 that though the wicked sprout like grass

and all evildoers flourish,

they are doomed to destruction forever;

8 but you, O LORD, are on high forever.

9 For behold, your enemies, O LORD,

for behold, your enemies shall perish;

all evildoers shall be scattered.

 

10 But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox;

you have poured over me fresh oil.

11 My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;

my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

 

12 The righteous flourish like the palm tree

and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.

13 They are planted in the house of the LORD;

they flourish in the courts of our God.

14 They still bear fruit in old age;

they are ever full of sap and green,

15 to declare that the LORD is upright;

he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

(Psalm 92:1–15 ESV)

 

Musical Reflection: 

It Is Well With My Soul (VILLE DU HAVRE) by Philip Bliss

Reflection Notes: 

A hymn born in tragedy, “It is Well” was penned by Horatio Spafford after hearing that his daughters had all perished in a shipwreck. Through this devastation, Spafford and his wife clung to the promise of God’s goodness. Spafford’s immortal words were set to music by his good friend and hymn writer, Philip Bliss; Bliss titled the tune “Ville du Havre” after the ship on which Spafford’s children had died. 

Prayer: 

Most loving Father, whose will it is for us to give thanks for all things, to fear nothing but the loss of you, and to cast all our care on you who care for us: Preserve us from faithless fears and worldly anxieties, that no clouds of this mortal life may hide from us the light of that love which is immortal, and which you have manifested to us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.