- These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you. Psalm 50:21 – In this portion of the psalm, the Lord is directing His words toward the wicked among His people. For a time they had found themselves deep within their sinfulness, rejecting God’s words and casting them behind them as if they meant nothing. They enjoyed the company of evildoers and spoke vile things about others. Yet, what is most interesting, is they had begun to believe that God felt the same way about sin as they did. That God was one of them, one of the boys, and didn’t take sinful seriously. Now why would these people come to such a conclusion? Because God had been silent on their sin for a while. God hadn’t brought any punishment yet over the sin and was silent over the ways they were living, so they assumed God must not have any issues with their lifestyle of sin. Such mindsets can fall over us too in our world today. We see sin running rampant, yet no consequences seem to follow. We see the same silence from the Lord that those in the psalm saw over sinfulness in the world. Does that mean God really isn’t serious about sin? Not at all, it simple means we serve a God who is patient with us and doesn’t condemn us immediately like we deserve. God’s silence over sin is God’s space being given for people to repent and turn from their sin. For we even see in our verse above, God didn’t forever remain silent. Charges against their sin came and the wrath followed. Such will be the case for every person who doesn’t turn away from their sin. Thankfully the Lord’s longsuffering is at play in our story and He blesses us with space to repent of our sin. Today then is the day to turn from your sin. The lack of consequences so far is not God’s approval, its God’s grace at play giving you time to repent. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 3005
- The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God! Psalms 50:23 – What God wants from us is thankfulness. We see written in this psalm that He owns the cattle on a thousand hills. He owns it all, nothing we give to Him of this world like that isn’t His to begin with. Understand what God is seeking from you is thankfulness. A thankfulness that is expressed in your life through the obedience of His Word. Let today then be a day of giving to God what He is seeking. Obey Him today in what He says within His Word. Begin pursuing Him and showing His love to the person in front of you. Let your offering today be thankfulness. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 986
- If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine. Psalm 50:12 – In our psalm God is reminding us what we can offer Him that isn’t first His…nothing. Every animal in the forest is His, every bird in the hills is His, He owns the cattle on a thousand hills. So place yourself in the position of a Jewish person back in the time this was written where animal sacrifices were a huge part of your faith life. God here is telling you that every sacrifice you would be “offering” to Him is His to begin with. Like a child buying a Christmas present for dad with dad’s money. So what is an offering we can give God that’s pleasing to Him? As we see later on in the psalm, a heart of thanksgiving and a life committed to fulfilling the promise we made to follow Him. Live thankfully and live faithfully. This is the offering that can come out of our life that is pleasing to the God whole owns it all. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1767
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