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“WHERE IS NOW THEIR GOD?”
LORD’S DAY, MAY 12
Psalm 115:1-18
James 3:6-13
Jesus, come into my heart.
“WHERE IS NOW THEIR GOD?”
In the former Psalm, the past wonders of God were recounted. In the present Psalm, God is entreated to glorify Himself because the heathens were insulting. In the absence of miracles, they asked, “Where is now their God?”
The Psalmist is evidently indignant that the worshippers of the heathen idols should be able to taunt the people who worship the only living and true God. Having spent his indignation in sarcasm upon the images and their makers, he proceeds to exhort the House of Israel to trust God and bless His Name. He closes with an exulting Hallelujah. Should not the living sons of men extol their living God?
Division:
1. Entreaty of God to vindicate His own honor (vv.1-2)
2. Contemptuous description of false gods and their worshippers (vv.3-8)
3. Exhortation to the faithful to trust in God (vv.9-15)
4. Explanation of God’s relationship to their present state (v.16)
5. Reminder that not the dead but the living must praise God (vv.17-18)
When the prayers and tears of the godly seem to be unregarded, and their miseries are rather increased, then do the wicked multiply their taunts and jeers (v.2). Our afflictions and depressions of spirit shall not cause us to suspend our praises (v.18). The spiritually dead cannot praise God, but the life within us constrains us to do so. Even eternity cannot exhaust the reasons why God should be glorified. Though the dead cannot, and the wicked will not, and the careless do not praise God, yet we will shout “Hallelujah” for ever and ever.
(Spurgeon)
THOUGHT: Idols are false gods and their makers are dumb like them.
PRAYER: Father, help me to praise Thy Name while I have breath.