Daily Affirmations - Day 2 - Faithful God - The Plans of the Lord Stand Firm Forever
- Alisa B.
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Day 2: The plans of the Lord stand firm forever
For the word of the Lord is right and true; He is faithful in all He does (Psalm 33:4).
Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous;
it is fitting for the upright to praise Him.
Praise the Lord with the harp;
make music to Him on the ten-stringed lyre.
Sing to Him a new song;
play skillfully, and shout for joy.
For the word of the Lord is right and true;
He is faithful in all He does.
The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of His unfailing love.
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
their starry host by the breath of His mouth.
He gathers the waters of the sea into jars
He puts the deep into storehouses.
Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the people of the world revere Him.
For He spoke, and it came to be;
He commanded, and it stood firm.
The Lord foils the plans of the nations;
He thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever,
the purposes of His heart through all generations.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people he chose for His inheritance.
From heaven the Lord looks down
and sees all mankind;
from His dwelling place He watches
all who live on earth—
He who forms the hearts of all,
who considers everything they do.
No king is saved by the size of his army;
no warrior escapes by his great strength.
A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;
despite all its great strength it cannot save.
But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him,
on those whose hope is in His unfailing love,
to deliver them from death
and keep them alive in famine.
We wait in hope for the Lord;
He is our help and our shield.
In Him our hearts rejoice,
for we trust in His holy name.
May Your unfailing love be with us, Lord,
even as we put our hope in You.
—Psalm 33
[God’s} ordinances both natural, moral, and spiritual, are right, and especially His incarnate Word, who is the Lord our righteousness. Whatever God has ordained must be good, and just, and excellent.
There are no anomalies in God's universe, except what sin has made; His word of command made all things good. When we look at His word of promise, and remember its faithfulness, what reasons have we for joy and thankfulness!
"And all His works are done in truth." His work is the outflow of His word, and it is true to it. He neither [does] nor [says] anything ill; in deed and speech He agrees with Himself and the purest truth.
There is no lie in God's word, and no sham in His works; in creation, providence, and revelation, unalloyed truth abounds. To act truth as well as to utter it is divine, let not children of God ever yield their principles in practice any more than in heart.
What a God we serve! The more we know of Him, the more our better natures approve His surpassing excellence; even His afflicting works are according to His truthful word.
"Why should I complain of want or distress,
Affliction or pain? He told me no less;
The heirs of salvation, I know from His word,
Through much tribulation must follow their Lord."
God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand which never fails. Bless His name.
~ The Treasury of David ~ Spurgeon
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