“We have thought on Your lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Your temple.” Psalm 48:9
As the Psalmist considers the greatness of God, he declares at the beginning of today’s Psalm, “Great is the Lord”! And then, in Today’s Verse, he reflects on God’s Lovingkindness. Consider the context of this verse, “in the midst of Your temple”. What would that be? The Ark, the 10 Commandments, the Presence of God! Everything to remind him that he is a Sinner and deserves God’s Wrath! But he also sees the Altar, the Sacrifice, and the Blood; the means God has provided him for forgiveness and cleansing.
The same holds true for God’s People today! God has not changed. His Moral Code still condemns us. But instead of the Alter, the Cross! And instead of animal blood, the Blood of the Eternal Son of God. Lovingkindness Indeed!!!