Forever life

DEVOTION

PSALMS

FOREVER LIFE

Ps 89:1-4

I will sing of the LORD's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. 2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself. 3 You said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one, I have sworn to David my servant, 4'I will establish your line forever and make your throne firm through all generations.'"

Selah 

NIV

This song is a very long one so we need to break this one up in bits and pieces. It is a praise song, one that focuses our heart and mind on the greatest, the majesty of the Lord. It is also an affirmation of our position of faith and faithfulness. We will sing of the LORD’s great love forever. That alone should give us a clue to as to how long we will live. The psalmist did not say for as long as he lives he will praise the Lord. But forever. Even through the Israelites did not consider the afterlife in the manner we do. They were not thinking of going to heaven when they die. Their blessings from God were for the here and now. They did not know about Jesus, about the salvation of God, about life eternal. Joseph wanted to make sure his bones would leave Egypt. The thought was not about his spirit already having left. Forever is a long, long time. We will also declare with our mouth the faithfulness of God through all generations. This might be a little difficult to do if we have stepped into eternal. However, the fact remains while we are in the here and now, we can declare his faithfulness to those younger than us, our children and grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Although they have their own free will to choose to follow God or not, it does not mean we should not still declare his faithfulness, especially to us. We should witness about his faithfulness, how he has always been there for us in whatever situation we were experiencing and how he brought us through it. We will declare his great love and how his love stands firm. His love is not shaken by our unfaithfulness. His love endures forever. It is not dependent on how much or how little we do for the kingdom. His love does not depend on how much we love him. His love does not even depend on a person accepting Jesus. God’s love is just that and it stands firm. Now, no matter how much he loves, his justice will also stand firm. If a person denies Jesus, God will deny him. It might be considered as some people call, tough love. However the love of God is firm. The next couple of lines talk about the covenant with David, that his line will be established forever to all generations. This is all about Jesus, as he came to earth in the line of David. Both Joseph and Mary are descendant of the line of David. Jesus is the love of God that will stand firm for all generations. If we want to be overshadowed by the love of God, we merely need to be in Christ. We need to be born again into the citizenship of heaven, the kingdom of God. This flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, but our spirit can, if it is born again. We will all be changed, however. This body which is corruptible will be changed into one that is incorruptible. In a twinkling of an eye we will all be changed. Somehow we will have body as well as a spirit in the kingdom of God, in the new city of Jerusalem. The love of God will endure forever and we will sing his praises forever, we will declare his faithfulness forever. We will be forever, in fact we are already living the forever life. The moment we became born again, we stepped into the forever life. So with our mouth forever we will praise him.