PSALM 90
Eternality of God verse 1- 2
LORD – YOU have been our dwelling place in all generations
before the mountains were brought forth
or ever YOU had formed the earth and the world
even everlasting to everlasting – YOU are God
Sovereignty of God verse 3- 9
YOU turn man to destruction – and say
Return – you children of men
for a thousand years in YOUR sight are but as yesterday
when it is past – and as a watch in the night
YOU carry them away as with a flood – they are as a sleep
in the morning they are like grass which grows up
in the morning it flourishes – and grows up
in the evening it is cut down and withers
For we are consumed by YOUR anger
and by YOUR wrath are we troubled
YOU have set our iniquities before YOU
our secret sins in the light of YOUR countenance
for all our days are passing away in YOUR wrath
we spend our years as a tale that is told
Mortality of man verse 10- 12
The days of our years are threescore years and ten
and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years
yet is their strength labor and sorrow
for it is soon cut off and we fly away
Who knows the power of YOUR anger?
even according to YOUR fear – so is YOUR wrath
So teach us to number our days
that we may APPLY our hearts unto wisdom
Plea for blessing of the LORD verse 13- 17
Return – O LORD – how long?
and let it repent YOU concerning YOUR servants
O satisfy us early with YOUR mercy
that we may REJOICE and be GLAD all our days
Make us GLAD according to the days wherein YOU have afflicted us
and the years wherein we have seen evil
Let YOUR work appear unto YOUR servants
and YOUR glory unto their children
Let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us
and establish YOU the work of our hands upon us
yea – the work of our hands establish YOU it
COMMENTARY:
DAILY SPIRITUAL BREAKFAST: Young Believers
: 2 “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever YOU had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, YOU are God.” The New King James Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 1982).
Everlasting – 5769 עֹולָם [ʿowlam, ʿolam /o·lawm/] n m. From 5956; TWOT 1631a; GK 6409; 439 occurrences; AV translates as “ever” 272 times, “everlasting” 63 times, “old” 22 times, “perpetual” 22 times, “evermore” 15 times, “never” 13 times, “time” six times, “ancient” five times, “world” four times, “always” three times, “alway” twice, “long” twice, “more” twice, “never + 408” twice, and translated miscellaneously six times. 1 long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world. 1A ancient time, long time (of past). 1B (of future). 1B1 for ever, always. 1B2 continuous existence, perpetual. 1B3 everlasting, indefinite or unending future, eternity. James Strong, Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon (Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software, 2001).
DEVOTION: As we are very aware, man is finite and in the process of coming to the end of ourselves. We celebrate our births and we mourn the passing of family and friends! For all of us each day is a gift and an opportunity to participate in joy and sorrow, laughter and tears, advancements and declines, births and deaths! Yet we serve a God who is infinite! He is without beginning or end. Eternality means not only that God dwells in unending duration from eternity past to eternity future, it also means that God dwells in a different dimension outside of time. In other words, He sees at once the past, present and the future!
This comparison Moses uses to describe man and God helps us to see that God understands our weaknesses and still desires to assist us! We serve a great God!
Notice a couple of other verses: “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary…” (Isaiah 40:28); “For thus says the High and Lofty One, Who inhabits eternity, whose name is holy…” (Isa. 57:15); “… But you are the same, and your years will not fail.” (Hebrews 1:12); “‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,’ says the lord, ‘who is, and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.’” (Rev.1:8). Whether it is Old or New Testament God is eternal!
CHALLENGE: If Moses is the author of this psalm then it is the oldest of psalms and somehow appropriate to speak of God’s everlasting qualities! Take a moment and reflect upon God’s ability to see everything and how that can cause you to trust Him when the situations are difficult or extreme! (Dr. Brian Miller – board member)
DAILY SPIRITUAL LUNCH: Transitional Believers
: 8 YOU have set our iniquities before YOU, our secret sins in the light of YOUR countenance. (5956 “secret” [‘alam] means conceal, to shut, information concealed from the notice or knowledge of all person except the individual or individuals concerned, to be hidden, withdraw, or ignore.)
DEVOTION: There is NOTHING hidden from God regarding our life and our sins. HE knows each human being and knows their sins and their service. HE is not surprised by anything we do.
It is sad that we can’t just stop sinning completely once we become a follower of HIM. It would be good if we could but that is not what happens. We continue to sin even after we commit our life to HIM.
It is with that commitment that we turn to HIM each day or each moment of each day and confess our sins and ask for HIS forgiveness. HE is longsuffering with us and wants us to improve with HIS help regarding the number of sins we commit each day.
The only one who ever lived in a human body that NEVER sinned was Jesus Christ and yet HE was accused of sin throughout his lifetime by the Pharisees. They found fault in the only perfect man who lived.
It is not surprising that there are people even today in our churches who look for sins in others but don’t seem to see their own sins. It is sad because we are here on this earth after we become a follower of the LORD to encourage one another.
Fellow Christians are supposed to be the ones who are praying for us and encouraging us to grow in the LORD and yet some seem to enjoy putting fellow believers down rather than encouraging.
I know that there are some who claim to know Christ in our churches that really don’t know HIM or genuinely serve HIM. They seem to think that they are OK with God with their improper attitude toward fellow believers.
God wants us to be encouragers of fellow believers. HE wants us to realize that HE lights up our sins for us to confess time and with HIS help stop committing them. We will never be sinless but we can sin less.
CHALLENGE: Are you aware of your concealed sins in your life? What are you doing about them? Commit them to the LORD and continually ask for HIS help to have victory over them.
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: 10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten, and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years: yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. (1369 “strength” [gabuwrah] means power, might, bravery, the property of being physically or mentally strong, victory, or achievement.)
DEVOTION: The phrase “we fly away” means that we are in a state of no longer being here on this earth. We are gone from the physical reign of our life and into our eternal reign.
Some people live to be eighty years old while others are not going to live that long and a few are going to live longer. Life is short compared to eternity and that should be our main concern while we are here on this earth.
Too often people are more concerned with their life on this planet and not concerned about what happens after they die. Some think that there is no afterlife while others know that there is and don’t seem to care because they are living as if it doesn’t matter.
The Bible tells us that we will either go to heaven or hell when we die. We have a choice to make while we are here on this earth. We can either become a follower of Jesus Christ now and spend eternity with HIM in heaven or we can chose to not become a follower and spend eternity in hell according to the Bible.
Some say that “all their friends will be in hell” and they will have a party there for eternity. However, the Bible says that it’s not going to be any party in hell. There will only be suffering for eternity.
The Bible is plain. Eternity is forever and those who go to heaven will be in the presence of God with blessings and those who refuse to follow the LORD will be in hell where there is weeping and niching of teeth.
We make our choice in our lifetime. Once we die the matter is settled for eternity. We need to witness to the ones we love and warn them if they will listen. Don’t let them tell you on judgment day that you never told me.
CHALLENGE: Our days are numbered but only the LORD knows the number. If we are believers, we need to witness to all those we love. If you are reading this as someone who has not yet accepted Christ as you Savior then you have to make a decision.
DAILY SPIRITUAL SUPPER: Mature Believers
: 12 So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. (935 “apply” [bow’] means abide, attain, call, carry, fetch, give, pull in, resort, run down or set.)
DEVOTION: What happens when we disobey God? Does it cause HIM to be angry with us? Does HE have to chasten us when we are disobedient? Can’t HE let us just get away with our disobedience? So often we think that God is always angry with us. That is not true. HE chastens because of HIS love.
This psalm of Moses tells us to number our days. He informs us that our life is short. He wants all those who are followers of the LORD to set their hearts on learning wisdom. If we abide in HIS presence each day, we can learn what it means to be obedient. When we are old we will be able to train others.
Some would think that Moses was not a spiritual giant himself but he was one of those that Christ met on the mount of transfiguration. It took him eighty years to learn to wait on the LORD before he went into action. He was a slow learner.
Sometimes the LORD’S servants are better with age. Let us not give up on those who are still learning to serve. They might be late bloomers. Moses thought that if we lived until we were eighty years old, we had a full life. Today we are living longer. Some live even to be over a hundred.
He wants us to learn from the LORD all the days of our lives. In this psalm his desire for us is that we realize that we live in time. He also wants us to realize that we live a life in which we sin daily. We never become sinless but we can sin less with Christ in our hearts.
He wants us to realize that God even knows our secret sins. There is no hiding from the LORD. We need to understand life and give our hearts to learning God’s wisdom. The world’s wisdom won’t help us live a life that is pleasing to the LORD. Each year we should be learning what it means to be closer to the LORD. We are to be more like Christ.
CHALLENGE: We have to establish goals for our growth in the LORD. We need to establish our works. We should challenge our reading ability to the point where we can teach others the great doctrines of the faith. We are either living on milk or we are living on the meat of the Word of God. Don’t stay on milk!!!
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: 13 “Return, O Lord, how long? And let it repent YOU concerning YOUR
servants.” (“Return,” 7725 שׁוּב [shuwb] 1066 occurrences; AV translates as “return” 391 times, “… again” 248 times, “turn” 123 times, “… back” 65 times, “… away” 56 times, “restore” 39 times, “bring” 34 times, “render” 19 times, “answer” 18 times, “recompense” eight times, “recover” six times, “deliver” five times, “put” five times, “withdraw” five times, “requite” four times, and translated miscellaneously 40 times. 1 to return, turn back. 1a (Qal). 1a1 to turn back, return. 1a1a to turn back. 1a1b to return, come or go back. 1a1c to return unto, go back, come back. 1a1d of dying. 1a1e of human relations (fig). 1a1f of spiritual relations (fig). 1a1f1 to turn back (from God), apostatize. 1a1f2 to turn away (of God). 1a1f3 to turn back (to God), repent. 1a1f4 turn back (from evil). 1a1g of inanimate things. 1a1h in repetition. [Strong, J. (2001). Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon. Bellingham, WA: Logos Bible Software]).
DEVOTION: This psalm (attributed to Moses) is about the brevity of life. In light of how short life is, the psalmist then turns and asks the Lord to return. It is very possible that the psalmist had both the return of the glory back to His people Israel after a defeat, as well as the final return of God to establish His earthly kingdom. In this day, we are looking forward to Christ’s second coming in majesty (Revelation 19).
The older we get, the more we long for heaven and Jesus Christ’s return. We realize that God never intended to make this world our permanent home, and we long to be with Him. That is why the great hope of the New Testament is the soon coming of the Lord (Revelation 22:12). Every generation of believer in Jesus Christ has looked forward to His second coming.
This is not “pie in the sky by and by,” since we believe in a bodily resurrection along with Christ’s coming (1 Corinthians 15:50-57). That means we will be serving God in our glorified bodies throughout all of eternity. He will remove sin, so every sorrow will also be taken away. What was lost to mankind in Eden will be restored at Christ’s second coming.
So we are to look forward to and hasten the coming of the day of the Lord (2 Peter 3:12) with our lives and with our prayers. We have a hope which cannot be taken from us by the world. Let’s live in His triumph!
CHALLENGE: Do you live in the hope of Christ’s return? Or are you too absorbed in the here and now to really give it much thought? Praise Him today for His promise that He will come again, and then share that hope with someone else! (Dr. Marc Wooten – board member)
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DISCIPLINES OF THE FAITH:
BODY
Chastity (Purity in living)
Fasting (Time alone with LORD without eating or drinking)
Sacrifice (Giving up something we want to serve the LORD)
Submission (Willing to listen to others and LORD)
Solitude (Going to a quiet place without anyone)
SOUL
Fellowship (Gathering together around the Word of God)
Frugality (wise use of resources)
Journalizing (Writing down what you have learned from the LORD)
Study and Meditation (Thinking through your study in the Word)
Secrecy (Doing your good deeds without others knowing but God)
SPIRIT
Celebration (Gathering around a special occasion to worship LORD)
Confession (Tell the LORD we are sorry for our sins on a daily basis)
Prayer (Conversation with God on a personal level)
Moses prayer for guidance verse 1- 17
Silence (Letting the LORD deal with some problems and needs)
Worship (Time to praise the LORD alone or in a group)
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DOCTRINES OF THE FAITH:
Scripture (66 inerrant books of the Bible)
God the Father (First person of the Godhead)
LORD – Jehovah (Covenant keeping, Personal) verse 1, 13, 17
Creator verse 2
God – Elohim (Creator, Sovereign) verse 2, 17
Anger verse 7, 11
Wrath of God verse 7, 9, 11
Glory of the LORD verse 16
LORD our God verse 17
God the Son (Second person of the Godhead –God/man, Messiah)
God the Holy Spirit (Third person of the Godhead – our comforter)
Trinity (Three persons of the Godhead who are co-equal = ONE God)
Angels (Created before the foundation of the world – Good and Evil)
Man (Created on the sixth twenty-four hour period of creation)
Children of men verse 3
Men live 70 or 80 years verse 10
Sin (Missing the mark set by God on man and angels)
Iniquities verse 8
Secret sins verse 8
Evil verse 15
Salvation (Provided by Christ’s death on the cross for our sins)
Troubled verse 7
Teach verse 12
Apply our heart to wisdom verse 12
Repent verse 13
Servants verse 13, 16
Mercy verse 14
Rejoice verse 14
Glad verse 14, 15
Afflicted verse 15
Work of our hands verse 17
Israel (Old Testament people of God)
Church (New Testament people of God)
Last Things (Future Events)
Everlasting to everlasting verse 2
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QUOTES regarding passage
This psalm is a reflection on the transience of life. It contemplates the nature of life under God’s wrath and affirms the necessity of living aright in the presence of the Lord. The superscription attributes Psalm 90 to Moses. The spirit of Moses’ concern is certainly present in the psalm’s deep sense of life’s furtive passing; the connection between sin, suffering, and the wrath of God; and the submission of man in prayer for God’s favor.
1 The psalm begins with and ends on an affirmation of God as “the Lord” (Adonai), the Creator and Ruler of the universe. The difference between these two affirmations is that toward the conclusion the general recognition of God as the Lord and as the shelter of his people is the basis for the prayer that he may again bless his people with his favor in the future (v. 17). The Lord himself has been the “dwelling place” (cf. 91:9; Deut 33:27), the oasis of refreshment and encampment for his people for many generations (cf. Deut 32:7). The metaphor is related to the imagery of God’s protection (cf. 91:9), and it is not surprising that several MSS and the LXX read here “refuge” (māʿôz) instead of “dwelling place” (māʿôn).
(VanGemeren, W. A. (1991). Psalms. In F. E. Gaebelein (Ed.), The Expositor’s Bible Commentary: Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs (Vol. 5, p. 592). Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House.)
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Contrasting God’s eternity with human transitoriness, and confessing that man’s days pass away in God’s wrath, the psalmist prayed that the compassionate God would give His people success for their labors and joy for their sorrows.
According to the superscription the psalm is “a prayer of Moses, the man of God” (cf. Deut. 33:1). There are no compelling reasons to reject this view, though many commentators do. If it was written by Moses, the occasion of his writing it is unknown. However, the period of the wilderness wanderings, when a generation of Israelites perished in the desert, readily suggests itself as the background for the psalm. If Moses was the author this is the oldest of the 150 psalms.
90:7–12. Man’s life is transitory because of God’s wrath against sin. The psalmist said that man is consumed by God’s anger, for He sees man’s sins; even so-called secret sins are open to Him. Since man is a sinner, all his life is spent under God’s wrath, and his life is greatly limited—to 70 years (or a few more years, for some people)—and life flies away in death like a fleeting bird (cf. Job 20:8). No one can understand God’s powerful wrath (Ps. 90:11).
Because life is so brief, and because it is spent under God’s wrath on sin, the psalmist, representing God’s people, implored God for wisdom in numbering their days (cf. 39:4), that is, realizing how few they are (cf. 39:5–6). (Our days occurs in 90:9–10, 12, 14 and “days” in v. 15.)
(Ross, A. P. (1985). Psalms. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 1, p. 859). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.)
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90:1–17 The thrust of this magnificent prayer is to ask God to have mercy on frail human beings living in a sin-cursed universe. Moses begins the psalm with a reflection on God’s eternality, then expresses his somber thoughts about the sorrows and brevity of life in their relationship to God’s anger, and concludes with a plea that God would enable His people to live a significant life. The psalm seems to have been composed as the older generation of Israelites who had left Egypt were dying off in the wilderness (Nu 14). (MacArthur, J. F., Jr. (2006). The MacArthur study Bible: New American Standard Bible. (Ps 90:1–17). Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson Publishers.
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FROM MY READING:
(Remember the only author that I totally agree with is the HOLY SPIRIT in the inerrant WORD OF GOD called THE BIBLE! All other I try to gleam what I can to help me grow in the LORD!!)
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Daily Hope
Today’s Scripture
Job 10-13
What a wonderful day this Lord’s Day has been as we end it with a time of Bible study and searching His Word. On days like today when it is filled with the business of the Lord I am grateful that I can serve Him and make His Word known!
Job on the other hand was questioning and having a very difficult time understanding the ways and works of God. The questions that he raises are legitimate issues that someone who is under intense suffering and misunderstanding could ask while enduring oppression.
Why does God allow the righteous to suffer and endure such difficulties? Why are the ears and hands of God seemingly against those who have served and spoken for Him? Job raises questions, and it brings a response from his “friend” once again. This friend’s response is based on his own understanding of God’s dealing with men.
Job’s answer is to direct his friend back to God and allow God to answer and reveal His wisdom. What is our response when “friends” challenge our walk and integrity due to unexpected hardships and unexplained catastrophes? Are we willing to allow God to speak for Himself and reveal His plans?
Despite Job’s answer to his friend, Job still cries out to God to speak to Him and explain His ways and actions. His faith and hope are solidly before God, yet his desire to know God’s thoughts and decisions consume Job.
This week as different circumstances arise; may we learn from Job and wait patiently for God to speak. It is appropriate to ask God to search our thoughts and reveal our paths for each day. It is also correct to be silent and know that God is on His throne and will do nothing that ultimately is not for our good. Despite the momentary difficulties, “God sets a limit for the soles of my feet” (13:27). With an Expectant Hope, (Pastor Miller)
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Abram the Called
“So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran.” (Genesis 12:4)
It is not clear from the text just how God made Himself known to Abram when He called him to go to Canaan. The language would imply that there was an audible conversation of some sort—far different from what you and I might expect today. At the time of this calling, Abram was not then a follower of Yahweh, yet the circumstances of God’s intervention were enough to persuade Abram to uproot his family and start the journey.
Abram’s calling and initial response (Genesis 12:1-5) are analogous to an “awakening,” the initial faith to “see” God (Ephesians 2:8). There were no specifics in God’s promise, only broad terms of blessing.
Abram’s response was all that he knew to do at that time, to respond in obedience (nonresistance) just as the Scripture implies we are to do (1 Thessalonians 2:13; Titus 3:5; 1 Peter 1:2-5). Salvation is completely God’s doing; our “work” is never involved (2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 10:8-17). All we can ever do is rebel and reject the drawing that God wields (John 6:44). Damnation is man’s work (John 3:19-21; Romans 1:18-32).
That is why Abram became the biblical example of the faithful (Galatians 3:6-9; Hebrews 11:8-10). The actual moment of Abram’s “new creation” (2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 4:24) seems to have come somewhat later when he “believes God” (Genesis 15:6; Romans 4:3). Although repentance and faith may come in a rapid sequence, sometimes (especially in adult conversions) the events may be drawn out over time. Either way, it is by “grace are ye saved, through faith” (Ephesians 2:8).
(HMM III, The Institute for Creation Research)
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The only way anyone can know what is acceptable to God is through careful and prayerful consideration of His written Word, which is the revelation of the living Word (Hebrews 4: 12). Forms and ceremonies, no matter how impressive; doctrines and traditions, no matter how venerable, are all to be refused if contrary to the mind of the Lord as set forth in the Bible. The supreme test is “What says the Scripture?” Where the Word speaks, it should be ours to obey. Where Scripture is silent, we may well be silent too. But a merely mental acceptance of Bible doctrines will not do for God. There must be heart subjection to His truth. (H.A. Ironside, The Continual Burnt Offering)
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God confirms His covenant with Abraham.
INSIGHT
“Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness” (James 2:23). Faith is central to the Christian experience. In fact, without faith, there is no Christian experience.
Why is faith so important? Because we cannot make ourselves righteous — any more than a cracked window can make itself uncracked.
We have sinned and only God can make us righteous. Faith then is the only thing we can do — and even our faith is a gracious gift of God! (Quiet Walk)
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THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE CREATION OF THE WORLD
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Genesis 1:2
We are going to remind ourselves of what we are told in the Scriptures about the activity of the Holy Spirit before the Day of Pentecost. First of all, we start at the very creation of the world. The second verse in the Bible says, “And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.” He was operative in the creation of the world. God the Father has made everything through the Son by the Holy Spirit. The blessed Trinity is operative in the whole work, always, but the labor is divided up. And, of course, you will remember that the Holy Spirit is especially involved in connection with the creation of man.
The second is the work of the Holy Spirit in sustaining or maintaining the creation. Now there are many statements about this; I shall simply quote two. In Isaiah 40:7 we read, “The grass withers, the flower fades: but the spirit of the LORD blows upon it.” But still more strikingly, in Psalm 104 you will find a magnificent description of creation that is perhaps unsurpassed anywhere in the Bible. The psalmist makes the point that if the Lord withholds Himself or His power or His Spirit from creation, it all begins to droop and to wane, to perish and to die. If He puts His Spirit back again, it all revives. It is the Holy Spirit who sustains creation. Now you will find statements in the Scripture that say that the Son does that, and the answer is, of course, that the Son does it through the Holy Spirit. So the Holy Spirit has been active from the commencement in sustaining and maintaining the universe.
A Thought to Ponder: The Son sustains creation through the Holy Spirit.
(From God the Holy Spirit, pp. 23-24, by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones)
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THE AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLE
If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scriptures cannot be broken…. John 10:35
Moses, the prophets, and the Psalms–Christ accepted it all and asked the disciples to consider its teaching concerning Himself. And He expounded it to them. I refer to John 10:35, where He tells us, “If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scriptures cannot be broken….” So in the last analysis our authority for our understanding of inspiration is to be found in the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. That was His view of the Scriptures.
Now I know there are many who want to ask a question at this point. What about the various differences, what about certain discrepancies, and so on? Well, there is a very comforting answer to all that. There are, as we have them in our versions, certain things that we simply cannot explain, and it is our business to say that quite readily and frankly. But let me hasten to add that most of these so-called difficulties and discrepancies that the critics bring forward can be explained; indeed, most of them have been explained. Many of them have been explained in the last few years as a result of archaeology and further linguistic understanding of the Scriptures.
Still, there are a certain few differences that remain, but it is significant that they are never with respect to doctrine or historical facts. It is a matter of figures or something that is comparatively unimportant and can be explained quite readily–the mistake, perhaps, of a copyist or of some translator. There is nothing that in any way interferes with vital, essential doctrine. So what we affirm and state is this: The original documents, as first given, are inerrant and infallible.
Finally, you cannot prove to anybody that the Bible is uniquely and divinely inspired. Ultimately people have to be enlightened by the Holy Spirit.
A Thought to Ponder: The original documents, as first given, are inerrant and infallible. (From God the Father, God the Son, p. 32, by Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones)
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