Now here is a Psalm I can identify with! Last psalm, as you may recall, was a struggle for me, but this psalm speaks right into my heart. The beauty of its words, the promises of God bursting out of every verse with a haunting yet awesome promise at the end- I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Sometimes, people are so low on hope that they are unable to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living, content only about the heaven yet to come. In fact, history shows that when a group of people are marginalized and oppressed, they will often focus on heaven and Jesus coming back (one can see some of this in the slave community during institutionalized slavery in the US).
The good news of the Kingdom of God is that salvation is for the here and now and for the day yet to come. So I pray you see the glimpses of the goodness of the Lord today, so that you can hope for today and for tomorrow.
Amen.
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