{"id":8807,"date":"2020-03-05T09:04:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&p=8807"},"modified":"2020-03-05T09:06:32","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:06:32","slug":"we-have-thought-o-god-on-your-lovingkindness-in-the-midst-of-your-temple-psalm-489-nkjv-2","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/we-have-thought-o-god-on-your-lovingkindness-in-the-midst-of-your-temple-psalm-489-nkjv-2","title":{"rendered":"“We have thought, O God, on Your lovingkindness, In the midst of Your temple” (Psalm 48:9 NKJV)."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED GOD’S LOVINGKINDNESS?<\/h3>\n\n\n
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Again we return to one of the favorite themes of the Psalmist, namely, the \u201clovingkindness\u201d of God. This attribute in the Hebrew is called \u201cchesed<\/em>.\u201d It describes the unconditional and covenantal love of God. The Psalmist wrote that they had \u201cthought on\u201d this Divine attribute in the temple. In other words, they had \u201cmeditated on\u201d God\u2019s lovingkindness, literally, likening or comparing it to what they knew, in order to understand it and appreciate it better.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Today as believers, we are God\u2019s holy temple. When we gather as the church, we encourage one another to \u201cthink on\u201d God\u2019s lovingkindness just as the saints of old, yet with greater illumination and understanding. For we have God\u2019s greatest expression of “chesed<\/em>” love in the Lord Jesus Christ. As Jesus told Nicodemus, “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son…” (Jn.3:16). The Greek word translated, “so loved,” is “agape<\/em>.” It describes God’s kind of love, the kind of love that gives sacrificially. If the Old Testament word, “chesed<\/em>,” expresses the promise of God’s covenantal love, then the New Testament’s “agape<\/em>” expresses its fulfillment in Christ.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Let us meditate on this great love today. As the apostle John wrote, \u201cSee what great love the Father has lavished on us!\u201d (1 Jn. 3:1).<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, O how great is your lovingkindness! We love You because You have first loved us. Your love expressed itself most fully in that You gave us Jesus. We lovingly offer our whole heart and lives back to You in praise. In Jesus’ name, amen.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED GOD’S LOVINGKINDNESS? Again we return to one of the favorite themes of the Psalmist, namely, the \u201clovingkindness\u201d of God. This attribute in the Hebrew is called \u201cchesed.\u201d It describes the unconditional and covenantal love of God. The Psalmist wrote that they had \u201cthought on\u201d this Divine attribute in the temple. In other<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1286],"scripture-chapter":[1381],"oyb_day":[1591],"location":[],"class_list":["post-8807","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-psalms","scripture-chapter-1381","oyb_day-march-5"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/8807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8807"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=8807"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=8807"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=8807"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=8807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}