Seize the Moment – Day 1240
Hallelujah! (Part 2)
Good morning! This is Pastor Jerry Ingalls from New Castle First Baptist Church and today is Wednesday, August 9.
God is made known through people who reflect His goodness – we become His handiwork for all to see (Ephesians 2:10). Like the moon reflects the brilliance of the sun, so we are to reflect the glory of God! This is the call and response of Psalms 111 and 112. Boyce made an insightful connection that teaches us about the importance of our response to “Hallelujah!”:
Psalm 112 is also an acrostic poem, following a pattern identical to Psalm 111; in fact, the two psalms are an obviously matched pair. The first is an acrostic poem about God; the second is an acrostic poem about the godly man. The specific verbal contents of the two psalms match even more than the patterns, for what is said about God in the first of these psalms is affirmed of the godly man in the second, which is a way of saying, “You will become like the god you worship. If you worship a false god or idol, you will become like your false god. But if you worship the true God of the Bible, you will become strong, gracious, compassionate, righteous, generous, just, and steadfast, as he is.”[1]
Psalm 112:1 bridges the two psalms overtly, “Praise the Lord! How blessed is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly delights in His commandments.” These paired acrostic poems start with the same call to worship, “Hallelujah!” But, unlike in part 1, today’s psalm calls for the godly person to be the good work of redemption that God can put on display for all to see and respond in praise! When you praise the Lord, you become His handiwork!
Seize the moment and pray Psalm 112, meditating upon God’s purpose for saving you – “For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son” (Romans 8:29). How are you practically putting God on display today?
God bless you!
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