Bill Fitzhenry's Thoughts For Today…
Understanding important truths from the Bible….
Psalm 90:1-2 NKJV
1 Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.
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.
This Psalm is titled A Prayer of Moses the Man of God Because the titles are not a part of the inspired Psalm, we do not know for sure this was written by Moses. But two things we can say, even in the Psalms which are for the most part of great age, this is an ancient Psalm. Secondly, it is certainly worthy of Moses. There is no other Psalm any more comforting to older people than this one.
In these first two verses, there are three truths the believer must hold as primary to his faith.
1. Vs 1 God alone is and has always been the object of the believer’s faith and the only source of safety, provision, and comfort. The Psalmist never intends any God but He who reveals Himself in the Scriptures. God can only be known by His self-revelation. And the saving knowledge of God is found in Holy Scripture only. Cf Psalm 19:7-8.
2. God is creator. This is a basic truth to the faith of the Church. The date and origin of the Apostles’ Creed may be and is argued. And it is doubtful if it is adequate for an inclusive confession for the believer. But it is ancient and the truth contained is worthy of every Christian’s faith.
This Confession gives as a first article of faith “God, the maker of heaven and earth.” That is the faith of the Church. When there is failure here there is certain to be failure at every point requiring supernatural activity.
God, as creator, is able to do with His creation whatever He pleases. No act of His in His creation is outside the will or power that is His as God.
The words of Daniel 4:35 are simple statements of our faith. 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; He does according to His will in the army of heaven
And among the inhabitants of the earth. No one can restrain His hand Or say to Him, “What have You done? The King’s understanding was returned to him, Daniel 4:34A and in the clarity of that he came to know of God’s dominion. And at the end of the time I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me; and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever: For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom is from generation to generation. This leads us to our third truth.
3. Our faith is firmly based on the eternality of god. “Before….even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.”
When God confronted Moses at the “Burning Bush”, He revealed His name as “I Am”, or the eternal one. In Hebrews 11:6 the article of faith is that “He….must believe that God is.” John’s Gospel begins with the eternity of the Word, John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
God is before all things. Whatsoever is not God is created. If the Son is not eternal, He is a creature and is not God. If the Spirit is an emanation, He is a creature and is not God. The whole of all we know, visible and invisible, has an origin. It has a beginning. God is. He is yesterday, today, and eternally. This is our faith. This is our comfort. As God is not the creation of man but is eternal, so He will be when all His works are consumed and only His church remains.
I believe in the Father; I believe in the Son; I believe in the Holy Spirit, one God in Three Persons eternal and the creator of all things visible and invisible. Sola Deo Gloria.