God’s Reputation

Passage – I bow down toward your holy temple
and give thanks to your name for your grace and truth;
    for you have made your word [even] greater
    than the whole of your reputation. Psalm 138:2

Restated in my own words – A psalms of praise from David. He bowed down towards God’s temple and thanks gave to God for His truth and grace. God’s Word is greater than the whole reputation of God.

Application to my life – I don’t know what David was thinking as he wrote this psalm. As I read it I thought “I give praise to God for the Holy Spirit. I give praise for His grace that empowers me to live for God. I give praise for Jesus who is the Truth that reconciled me to God and revealed the living Word through His life. I give praise as Jesus is making the reputation of God more real to me through the Word and His life. I felt as if David was pointing to the whole of God, not just God as Father or Lord. It is the fullness of God I’m called to know, love, and praise. I need all the character of God to be manifest in and through my life because I was made in His complete image.

Your response back to God – Lord thank You Father for sending Your Son to pay the debt I could never afford so that I could be reconciled back to You and have relationship with You. Thank You for Holy Spirit who drew me to Christ and empowers me to walk as a representative of You on this earth. Thank You that He dwells within me so that You are with me always. In Jesus name I pray, draw me into deeper understanding, knowledge, wisdom, and relationship with You. amen