A Message To Us!

For His merciful kindness is great toward us,
And the truth of the LORD endures forever.
Praise the LORD!   Psalm 117:2

Looking for some mercy in the Old Testament, I searched this morning for 'merciful'. Now there are many verses for Israel, as might be expected, but this one I saw from its rather brief context in the shortest of psalms is a message to you and me. Yes, the psalm begins, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles! That's us! Could this diminutive song be perhaps written by one of us too? It may be, but the important point for us is who this merciful One is, and that is the Lord. We need His mercy as much as His people in Israel. We also praise God to note that His truth endures forever. And His truth we know from John 14 is none but Jesus Himself! It may be the shortest of psalms, but we derive great hope from our Lord and Savior.

And now, let us do as the psalm sings, Praise the Lord!

Bucky