Today’s Scripture: Psalm 90:1-6
Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations.
Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God (Vs 1-2).
Words of Devotion
In this psalm Moses begins
by declaring that God has been the dwelling place of people in all generations.
What is a dwelling place? It is where you live, your home. This statement
declares that God has been the home of humans ever since they have been on the
earth. In all generations, God is where they continually live. You will
recognize that this is the same truth Paul uttered when he addressed the
Athenians on Mars Hill. He explained to them that God is not far from any of us
(even pagans, he points out), for in him we live and move and have our
being(Acts 17:28). God exists as a home for people.
That is a tremendous
thought, isn't it? Here Moses is looking back over the course of human history
and declaring that God is great because He is the God of history. Moses had
seen pharaohs live and die. Perhaps he had seen the tombs of the pharaohs and
noted the many who in the past had been laid to rest. Despite the passing
centuries, there is no change in the relationship of humans to God. He has been
the home of people for all generations.
Then Moses points out that
God is the God of creation. Here he is looking back across that record and
saying that before the mountains were formed, God was. Then before that,
he brought forth the earth and the world. To us that is saying the
same thing, but in the Hebrew it is literally the earth and the
land. God formed the earth first and then later brought out the land from
the waters, as the book of Genesis makes clear. The land emerged from waters
that covered the earth. So Moses is gradually moving back in time from the
formation of the mountains to the emergence of the land and finally the
creation of the earth itself. Before all this, God was.
Then he takes a longer
leap into timelessness and says, from everlasting to everlasting you are
God. Surely here is the greatness of God. He is the God of history. He is
the God of creation. But beyond all that, He is the God of eternity. He is
beyond and above His creation. He is greater than the universe He produced, and
before it existed, He was. In fact, the Hebrew here is again very interesting.
It suggests the translation, From the vanishing point in the past to the
vanishing point in the future; thus, from everlasting to everlasting God
exists. How great He is!
Today, know that; Home is where the heart is. Have
our hearts found that place of Sabbath rest in Him who is our true home? He is
seeking us; are you seeking Him?
Prayer:
When I think that Moses, so many long centuries ago, understood these great
facts about You, I am inclined to cry with him, Lord, you have been our
dwelling place throughout all generations.
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