December 17
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PSALM 89 GOD DOESN’T BREACH HIS COVENANT
29 I will establish his offspring forever and his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 If his children forsake my law and do not walk according to my rules,
31 if they violate my statutes and do not keep my commandments,
32 then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes,
33 but I will not remove from him my steadfast love or be false to my faithfulness.
34 I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.
35 Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David.
36 His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me.
37 Like the moon it shall be established forever, a faithful witness in the skies.” Selah
38 But now you have cast off and rejected; you are full of wrath against your anointed.
39 You have renounced the covenant with your servant; you have defiled his crown in the dust. 40 You have breached all his walls; you have laid his strongholds in ruins.
– Psalm 89:27-40
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A poem inspired by this psalm by ILMA
When the Lord gives a promise, he will surely keep it
God doesn’t breach his covenant, he honors his promise
The Lord keeps his relationship with all the faithful
Even though the saints violate their vow, God still fulfills.
If his people violate his commands or don’t keep his laws,
He will rebuke and discipline them whenever they fall away
But the Lord will never change the words he has already spoken
He is a God who is true to his words, always stable in all his ways.
Whenever you are tempted to breach from your vow to the Lord
Remember what he has done for you, he gave you his only Son
He will never forsake you if you continue to serve the Lord
Continue to stand on his promises so you can overcome the world.
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REFLECTION
• Why is it important to remember that God never breaches his covenant promise but he punishes evil when his people do so?