Bible Verse of the Day Thursday July 6th, 2023

Psalms 138:2 I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your unfailing love and your faithfulness, for you have so exalted your solemn decree that it surpasses your fame.

In the eyes of Christians, the Temple of God is related to one of two things: the body of Christ, the Church (1 Corinthians 3:16), or the physical body of individual Christians (1 Corinthians 6:19-20). God's Church is precious in His eyes, as it should be to us. Anyone who sets out to destroy God's Church, the body of Christ, by intentionally causing a division in the Church will be judged harshly by God. The faithfulness of God is seen in the clear evidence of His safeguarding of the Church down through the ages amidst the devastation and persecutions that befell it. We can also see God's faithfulness towards His Church in His love and patience with the flawed people that are His Church on this earth. No matter how much Satan throws at the Church, God is still the heart and soul of the Church, and it has always governed it through His Holy Word and not the will of humanity.

The promises of God, of which there are many, are sure and solid as the assurance of eternal life through Christ Jesus. God has always been and will always be faithful to His promises; He will never go back on His Word; it will stand solid and trustworthy for eternity. In God, we find absolute truth and perfect righteousness; In Christ, we see that perfection manifested in the flesh.

John 1:17 For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

The last part of today's verse (Psalms 138:2) tells us that God exalted or exclaimed His Word beyond His fame; in other words, whatever God promises will come to pass. In the world's culture in the days that the Gospel writers brought us God's Word, it was common for Kings and other rulers to break the rules they had proclaimed were law, to go against the decrees that they had declared to be the law of the land. However, the God we worship, the only true God, is not the same as worldly rulers; his Word is exalted even above His fame. We would expect this perfection from our all-knowing and loving God, who abides by His rules and keeps His promises, which is why we can trust God but cannot place our faith and trust in humanity.