Psalm 48 continues where we left off in Psalm 47, celebrating Jehovah - the eternal self-existing One! Verses 1-2:
1GREAT IS the Lord, and highly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain, 2Fair and beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth--Mount Zion [the City of David], to the northern side [Mount Moriah and the temple], the [whole] city of the Great King!
"Great" is a "great" way to describe our God! It is the Hebrew word, "gadol", which means: large in magnitude and extent, great in intensity, great in importance, high, mighty, noble. Not only is He great, but He is to be "praised", the Hebrew word "halal", which means: to make a show, to boast, to be clamorously foolish over, to stultify (cause to be or appear stupid, foolish or absurdly illogical!), to act like a madman! And THAT is to be done "greatly", the Hebrew word, "me`od", which means: exceedingly much, might, force, abundance, showing magnitude or degree, muchness! Have YOU been praising the great God in a great way? He deserves ALL the "great" praise! He is worthy!
Then it mentions the city of God on Mount Zion which is Jerusalem! If you ever get the opportunity to visit Israel and to see and walk in the streets of Jerusalem - DO IT! You will never be the same! It is an amazing place with so much history! There has been so much of God's Word spoken in that city over all of these years and the anointing there is tangible!
Titus 2 has Paul continuing to instruct Pastor Titus on how to minister to the congregation that he was in charge of. The first and most important instruction is found in verse 1:
1BUT [as for] you, teach what is fitting and becoming to sound (wholesome) doctrine.
Sound doctrine means the Word of God. Verse 8:
8And let your instruction be sound and fit and wise and wholesome, vigorous and irrefutable and above censure, so that the opponent may be put to shame, finding nothing discrediting or evil to say about us.
We are not to get into endless debates with people who don't really want to know the Truth. Just keep putting the Truth of God's Word out and let HIM confirm it to them!
Isaiah 9:2:
2The people who walked in darkness have seen a great Light; those who dwelt in the land of intense darkness and the shadow of death, upon them has the Light shined.
This verse brings to mind John 1:1-5:
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The same was in the beginning with God. 3All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4In him was life; and the life was the light of men. 5And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
That's Jesus, the Word, Who became flesh and dwelt among us! He IS the Light. The reason there seems to be so much darkness in the world right now is because of the rejection of the Word by so many! The Good News is that there are very, very many believers getting on fire again for the things of God. That means there are many more laborers getting out into those fields that are ripe for harvest! The revival going on right now is the last great revival before the Rapture of the Church and it is going to be the biggest and the best, producing more results (new births into the Kingdom of God) than at any previous time! If YOU haven't gotten involved yet, what is holding you back? You KNOW that this is God's primary purpose and His #1 priority! He wants that NONE should perish, but that All should come to repentance! (2 Peter 3:9) Let's get right in the middle of what the Spirit of God is doing in the Earth and bring real joy to our Lord and Saviour! AMEN!
Shalom in Him
