Good News from Heaven
“ I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known Thy faithfulness to all generations” -Psalm 89:1 What was it which made David so desirous to sing of the mercies of the Lord? What was it that warmed and emboldened him at all events to make known Jehovah’s faithfulness from one generation to another? It was the glorious gospel of the blessed God, seen in the light of the Spirit and experienced through the influence of grace. Here is the reason for David’s zeal: “ For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever, Thy faithfulness shalt Thou establish in the very heavens” (v. 2) . What is this mercy that is “ built up for ever,” but the glorious and the gracious scheme, the glorious and the gracious fabric of our salvation, founded in the eternal purpose of God carried into execution by the labors and the death of Jesus Christ and then applied and brought home to the heart by the illuminating and converting power of the Holy Ghost?