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The Psalmist invites us to sing joyfully to the LORD, to praise him, and to make music to him because God’s word is right and true. God’s word created the heavens and the stars. When God commands, creation and all things come into being. All things stand firm by God’s word.
God, who created by his word, also rules over history and plans. Nations and people chart their own courses. It may seem that nations with various kinds of power control their own destinies. We may be tempted to feel helpless before earthly thrones. But only the LORD’s plans stand firm forever. A nation that honors God is blessed. God sees all mankind. God forms hearts and knows all our motives. The rulers of the world take pride in the size of their military or other forms of strength. But such power cannot thwart God’s plans. Only those who hope in the LORD can be delivered and kept alive in famine. Let us trust in God’s holy name and in his unfailing love for his people.
In whom or in what do you trust? Is it your own abilities and plans? God’s plans stand forever. He is our help and shield. Surrender your plans to God and put your hope in his unfailing love.
May 6, 2026
THE PLANS OF THE LORD STAND FOREVER
Passage: bible.psalm 33:1-22
Key verse: 11
NIV
chapter 33
1. Sing joyfully to the LORD, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him.
2. Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
3. Sing to him a new song; play skillfully, and shout for joy.
4. For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does.
5. The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love.
6. By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of his mouth.
7. He gathers the waters of the sea into jars; he puts the deep into storehouses.
8. Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere him.
9. For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood firm.
10. The LORD foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.
11. But the plans of the LORD stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations.
12. Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he chose for his inheritance.
13. From heaven the LORD looks down and sees all mankind;
14. from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth -
15. he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.
16. No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength.
17. A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save.
18. But the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,
19. to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
20. We wait in hope for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.
21. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name.
22. May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you.
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Prayer: Father, your word and your plans stand forever. Make your plans to be my plans.
One Word: Trust God’s plans for your life