7/23/25 Daily Devotion: He Summons

Psalm 50 - “1 The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. 3 Our God comes; he does not keep silence; before him is a devouring fire, around him a mighty tempest. 4 He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that he may judge his people: 5 “Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!” 6 The heavens declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge! Selah 7 “Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God. 8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. 9 I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. 11 I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine. 12 “If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine. 13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? 14 Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, 15 and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.” 16 But to the wicked God says: “What right have you to recite my statutes or take my covenant on your lips? 17 For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you. 18 If you see a thief, you are pleased with him, and you keep company with adulterers. 19 “You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother’s son. 21 These things you have done, and I have been silent; you thought that I was one like yourself. But now I rebuke you and lay the charge before you. 22 “Mark this, then, you who forget God, lest I tear you apart, and there be none to deliver! 23 The one who offers thanksgiving as his sacrifice glorifies me; to one who orders his way rightly I will show the salvation of God!”

The MIGHTY ONE speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the Sun to the setting.

• God is ALMIGHTY CREATOR, SUSTAINER & RULER of all that is, was & will be on this planet and through all of the universe.

• He didn’t just launch it all into existence … He summons each day from beginning to end … God is ACTIVELY INVOLVED in all of life!

God is gathering to Himself those who come to Him … those who Trust Him … those full of Faith.

• Hebrews 11 tells us that we are full of Faith when we BELIEVE that God exists and we SEEK HIM with our lives.

• Jesus made this possible for us to do! When we sacrifice self & follow Jesus … He leads us to God’s Will!

God is not after our religious practices and rituals …

• He calls us to offer Him HUMBLE GRATITUDE in service … Thanksgiving that permeates every situation, every circumstance in every day.

• He calls us to total DEPENDENCE on Him … our first reaction when times are difficult, He PROMISES that He WILL DELIVER us!

Another beautiful morning in the Psalms.

• REMEMBER Who rose the Sun this morning.

• TRUST Him and SEEK Him today.

• Humbly THANK Him & DEPEND on Him today … whether today is good or bad.