April 28, 2024

Psalm 62.11, 12 (NIV)
One thing God has spoken, two things have I heard: that you, O God, are strong, and that you, O Lord, are loving.

We speak often and say nothing; God speaks once and utters eternal verities. All our speaking may yet end in sound; but he speaks, and it is done; he commands, and it stands fast.*

We know that God has said more than one thing and we have heard more than two, but let’s allow the psalmist to make a poetic point! When we say something like, “Well, I know this much . . .” we don’t mean to imply that that is all that we know.

“That you, O God, are strong,” may be translated, “that strength is the Lord's," by which we may understand that he is “the Origin of power.”* He isn’t just strong; he is where power comes from! But God is also the source of love. David knows that these two qualities are intrinsically combined in the nature of God. They are “the two grand truths”* revealed on every page of his Word.

We acknowledge and fear his power, but we don’t really know God unless we also recognize his mercy.  

God is an inexhaustible fountain of mercy, the Father of mercies.*