Today, I am reading and commenting on Psalms 136-142.

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Psalm 136 begins by saying “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good, for His steadfast love endures forever.”  It repeats the thanks two more times in slightly different ways, while mentioning after each that His steadfast love endures forever.  Then it says that God alone does great wonders.  Repeating after saying that “for His steadfast love endures forever.”  The psalmist continues by listing out all of the ways in which God has done great wonders, reminding us every sentence or two that God’s steadfast love endures forever.  This phrase deserves a closer examination.  In order to understand this let’s look at what the word “steadfast” means.  Steadfast means constant, unchanging, fixed. or unmovable.  So, God’s love is constant, unchanging, fixed, and unmovable, and it endures, it continues, forever.

There are some really good things in Psalms 137 and 138, but I want to continue with 139.  We saw in Psalm 136 that God has constant, unchanging love for us forever.  In Psalm 139 we see what that means and it should both give us joy and courage, and give us fear.  The psalmist tells us that God knows our every thought and action.  He knows everything about us, even things we ourselves do not know.  He knows what we are going to say before we even think it.  He guides us by setting boundaries around us that cause us to make particular decisions.  Then the psalmist says the most encouraging and the most fearful part.  There is no place we can go to be separate from God’s Spirit.  Obviously, God is in heaven, but He is also in Hell.  If we go to the remotest island, or even a ship in a remote part of the sea far from land, God is there.  Darkness cannot hide us from God because it is not dark to God.  Wherever we go, there God will find us and offer us guidance.  For those who love God that will cause utmost joy, but for those who hate God that will cause utmost terror.  So, let us ask God to search our inmost beings and show us what thoughts and actions displease Him.  Then ask Him to lead us away from those things.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.