For great is your love, higher than the heavens;
    your faithfulness reaches to the skies.

Psalm 108:4

A funny thing happened this morning. I came across this verse as I was reading and thought that this would be the perfect verse to write about today. I came over to my computer and got ready to start writing about God’s unfailing love for us.

Something wasn’t right- what was it that was bothering me?

Oh dear me! The verse begins with the word “for”… there is a larger context here; I was about to take this verse completely out of context!

I went to the text and here is what I found:

My heart, O God, is steadfast;
    I will sing and make music with all my soul.
Awake, harp and lyre!
    I will awaken the dawn.
I will praise you, Lord, among the nations;
    I will sing of you among the peoples.
For great is your love, higher than the heavens;
    your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;
    let your glory be over all the earth.

Psalm 108:1-5; (larger context Psalm 108:1-13)

The Psalm speaks not only of God’s unfailing love for us, it also speaks of our response to His unfailing love. It is because of this love that we will sing His praise, we will shout His praise and we will do so among all the Nations.

Hos love is the key that unlocks the door of our devotion.

As great as this, this is only the first of three stanzas. In the next two we see that David has written this in a time of war and struggle. Because of God’s great love for His people, He will see them through the conflict to victory over His enemies (also David’s enemies) and God’s people will give Him the praise and glory that He deserves, for His love saw them through every struggle and trial.

Jesus told us that these Scriptures speak of Him; that they foreshadow the time of His coming and beyond, including our time. Yet we know that unlike in David’s time, our enemies are not flesh and blood, but principalities and powers. As we look around our world, anyone who has eyes that see and ears that hear will recognize that we have real serious problems. There are economic issues, political issues, social divisions, problems with war and peace even. The experts all have their conflicting opinions, the shouting and hostility get louder and louder and still there are no solutions: What now?

The discerning among us can see very quickly that all of these issues have a spiritual cause. Where there are spiritual causes, there are also spiritual solutions, for we know that with God, all things are possible. In our text, God looked down upon His people whom He loved, and in the fullness of time, He provided the solution to the challenges they faced.

Does God love His people any less today?

No!

Place your trust in Him. Place your faith in Him. Do not hesitate to give Him the praise and glory and honor that He deserves, for He has loved us so much that He gave His one and only Son to die for us, that we may live. Stand up for what is right and true and good, and He will surely bring sanity back to our lives, for His love for us never fails.