Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day. Declare His glory among the nations, His wonders among all peoples. (Psalm 96:2-3) If you are reading this I would presume that you are a believer, maybe for quite a long time. I would also presume that you...

Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth. (Psalm 96:1) Looking at this verse just on the surface, it could be interpreted to mean that we are encouraged to sing a song never before heard; a song from our heart sung to the Creator. I have no...

For forty years I was grieved with that generation, and said, “It is a people who go astray in their hearts, and they do not know My ways.” So I swore in My wrath, they shall not enter My rest. (Psalm 95:10-11) The verse above obviously refers to those who journeyed...

Today, if you will hear His voice: Do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, as in the day of trial in the wilderness. (Psalm 95:7-8) All of us are quite familiar with the story of the Exodus and Israel's journey through the wilderness and the trials that came...

Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord our Maker. For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand. (Psalm 95:6-7) As followers of Messiah, we are regarded as the children of God -- a station that most of...

In His hand are the deep places of the earth; the heights of the hills are His also. The sea is His, for He made it; and His hands formed the dry land. (Psalm 95:4-5) God is the King of the Universe -- every part of it -- from the lowest point to the highest. Nothing...

Come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the Lord is the great God, and the great King above all gods. (Psalm 95:1-3) This is the...

Shall the throne of iniquity, which devises evil by law, have fellowship with You? (Psalm 94:20) There is a precept that is repeated throughout the Scripture: that which is holy cannot coexist with that which is profane; good cannot mingle with evil. Every time this...

If I say, “My foot slips,” Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up. In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul. (Psalm 94:18-19) It is written, “You shall not take a stand against the life of your neighbor” (Leviticus 19:16). A more literal...

Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? Unless the Lord had been my help, my soul would soon have settled in silence. (Psalm 94:16-17) It is quite natural to defend yourself when someone threatens you or...

The Lord will not cast off His people, nor will He forsake His inheritance. But judgment will return to righteousness, and all the upright in heart will follow it. (Psalm 94:14-15) In the previous devotion, we highlighted the fact that those who have committed...

Blessed is the man whom You instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law, that You may give him rest from the days of adversity. (Psalm 94:7, 12-13) Among those who do not serve God is the argument that His instructions don't allow for any pleasures. In their eyes...