Most theologians seem to agree that David wrote this Psalm after he oversaw the work of moving the Ark of the Covenant to the holy hill of Zion. He had been confronted with the weight and glory of the holiness and magnificence of the very presence of God.
The Bible goes to great lengths to remind us that God isn’t like us. He is good and gracious towards us, but his holiness and glory are fearful, worship-inducing elements that we would do well to remember. The sheer weight of the responsibility leaves David asking a question that many of us ask all the time: How good is good enough for God? How good does one need to be in order to experience God’s presence and favor? David goes on to describe a man who lives a life that seems beyond what any of us could ever accomplish. Just be blameless and perfectly righteous and speak the truth all the time. Oh okay, anything else? If that is the standard, then I am in trouble. David knows it too, and the tone of this Psalm is one of desperation. The really good news is that God himself provided that man. The man that David describes is Jesus, and he came to live the life that I could never live, on my behalf. And this is really good news for all of us that put our hope and trust in Jesus because the gospel isn’t a message about how we need to be good, but how all that is good is found in Jesus. And in Jesus’ goodness (his perfection) he has imparted his goodness on us so that we can have a relationship with God. Prayer. Father God, help us to understand the beauty and holiness of God so that we would know you more and to humbly approach the throne of God. Thank you for living a life that we could not live and dying a death we all deserved. Help us to always rely on your goodness. In Jesus’ name, amen.
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April 2024
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