As Christians, we celebrate the ascended and exalted Christ, who now sits at the right hand of the Father.
The final test of our faith is the answer to the question: “Where (or in whom) do we put our trust?”
Nature is a daily declaration of the beauty, order, dependability, and power of God.
Although David was battling enemies here on earth, the psalm portrays the whole earth rocking and quivering under the power of God as he thunders forth with his presence and power.
In the Bible, death is nothing more than sin made visible. Thus, God’s victory over sin must, ultimately, be a visible victory over death.
It is the empty tomb which finally fulfills this psalm, granting us joy in his presence and eternal pleasures at his right hand where Jesus Christ is seated in glory.
The great miracle of the gospel is that, in Christ, not only are we declared righteous, but we are empowered to live righteously.
It is the resurrected Christ and the empty tomb, which alone, washes us all of our “foolishness” and sets our feet firmly with Christ in the way of the righteous.
The important lesson from Psalm 13 is to never forget in your times of darkness what God has revealed in the times of light.
The psalms remind us that despite the final assurance we have, we still live in the daily tension that not all things are yet submitted to God.
The throne of God is the great immovable fact of human history.
The righteous will find in the end that the afflicted will be heard, the fatherless and the oppressed will be comforted, and today’s terror will be replaced by the joy of his divine presence.
