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Prayer

O my Lord, how desperately I need you. My soul is a desert, and you alone the fount and spring of water. Thorns and thistles I have gotten for myself, a ruin and a desolation. O Lord, pour out your Spirit and fill my barren soul with life. Meet me in the wilderness at the hill of calvary. Make me to live again, Lord. I am weary and sick with sin, wash me anew again, forgive me Lord. Restore me, Lord. Kiss me with the kisses of your mouth. All my hope is in you. I have no other place to go, no other hope. Please forgive me for whoring myself after earthly joys and delights. Please wash me and make me clean, renew a steadfast spirit within me. Save me Lord, I am yours. In Jesus’ precious name I pray, Amen.

Reading

Psalm 92.

“It is good to give thanks to the Lord,to sing praises to your name, O Most High;2 to declare your steadfast love in the morning,and your faithfulness by night,3 to the music of the lute and the harp,to the melody of the lyre.4 For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work;at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

5 How great are your works, O Lord!Your thoughts are very deep!6 The stupid man cannot know;the fool cannot understand this:7 that though the wicked sprout like grassand all evildoers flourish,they are doomed to destruction forever;8 but you, O Lord, are on high forever.9 For behold, your enemies, O Lord,for behold, your enemies shall perish;all evildoers shall be scattered.

10 But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox;you have poured over me[a] fresh oil.11 My eyes have seen the downfall of my enemies;my ears have heard the doom of my evil assailants.

12 The righteous flourish like the palm treeand grow like a cedar in Lebanon.13 They are planted in the house of the Lord;they flourish in the courts of our God.14 They still bear fruit in old age;they are ever full of sap and green,15 to declare that the Lord is upright;he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.”

Meditation

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Eighth – the Lord’s Day re-orients us. Since sin came into the world, human existence has been innately topsy-turvy. Even as believers, we can easily be effected by this. The world is constantly sending us messages, seeking to draw our affections to idols. But part of the Lord’s Day blessing is that it re-orients us and reminds us of reality. In troubled times, it is a reminder of who is in charge. “The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this: that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever; but you, O LORD, are on high forever.” As we learned in a previous meditation, part of God’s resting on the seventh day was that he is reigning and we see that reflected here in the Sabbath Psalm.

Ninth – the Lord’s Day is a gospel witness. The Lord’s Day is first a day of communion between God and his people, but it also comes as a gospel call to unbelievers. The warning is there in verses 6-9: “The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this: that though the wicked sprout like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to destruction forever; but you, O LORD, are on high forever. For behold, your enemies, O LORD, for behold, your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered.” To those who reject Christ, this warning is real. God’s enemies will perish, and there is only one way of escape: come to Christ, seek forgiveness, and become a child and friend of God