WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Psalm 65:1-13
John 1:1-5

“God is omnipresent, omniscient
and omnipotent.”

GOD’S POWER IS MANIFESTED IN SPECIAL AND GENERAL PROVIDENCE

When God’s people turn away from Him, they fall back into heathen darkness. This happened in Isaiah’s time. He challenged backsliding Judah: “And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?” (Isa 8:19). Today, we see the same thing happening to America, because they have by and large left their God. So, even Mrs Reagan (the ex-President’s wife) consulted a clairvoyant woman and sought good fortune through her astrology.

David in this psalm shows a remarkable perception of the Almighty, who is omnipresent and omniscient. He is the living and true God (1 Thess 1:9). By His special providence over the Church, He hears our prayers and accepts our vows and purges our sins. David’s experience of God’s special care upon him helps us to find God through a close personal communion.

“By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation …” (Ps 65:5). Some will taunt the Lord, “Will He strike me dead?” When God chooses to answer “by terrible things in righteousness,” He can, and He will. Take the case of Ananias and Sapphira in Acts 5.

From His special providence and care of His Church, let us look at the world in general. Here we see also His hand in governance. Whereas in Psalm 46 He is supreme over warring nations, in this Psalm He is “the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea” (Ps 65:5). As one travels over land and sea, one cannot fail to see the mighty power of God over the whole of creation.

THOUGHT: “… we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house …” (Ps 65:4)
PRAYER: (Use Psalm 65:2.)