Singing Psalm 59 for everlasting love
- Mar 27, 2024
- 9 min read
Updated: May 15
Singing Psalm 59 for everlasting love
Singing Psalm 59 catapults you into the presence of one who loves you with everlasting love. His love is powerful enough to protect you from every known and unknown, outward and inward enemy. It is wise enough to bring about good through the suffering you endure. It is transformative enough to turn enemies into friends.
Singing Psalm 59 for powerful, everlasting love
“In overflowing anger for a moment I hid my face from you, but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord, your Redeemer. ~ Isaiah 54:8
God’s character was, is, and will be love unending among the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and is expressed to all his creatures in various ways and times suited perfectly for each one. Yet at the cross, Jesus was separated from the Father in your place, in my place. Human sin, and not his own, killed him. Your sins, my sins nailed him to that cross. His death empowers you to die to your old self and be born again to a new creation in Christ.
“For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” ~ Ephesians 3:14-19
Suffering produces perseverance. And so it follows that suffering has an end you can count on and look forward to; enemies of the good will be slayed in Christ and redeemed by Jesus or destroyed. You ask for the former and trust his ways throughout his process of bringing about the fruit of his undying love that is sure to result in that for which he purposed it. Jesus displayed the trajectory of love that will satisfy the longings of his very own creatures whom he appointed for eternal life.
“My loving God, my God, will meet with me, And let me look in triumph on my foes. Spare them, O Lord, our Shield, lest we forget; But in Your might disperse and bring them down. But as for me, I’ll sing about Your strength, Each day with joy, sing of your steadfast love;” ~ Psalm 59:10-11, 16a
Singing Psalm 59 for wise, everlasting love
“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” ~ Romans 8:38-39
God makes you wise to his love, the only love that will never fail you. The very death that brought him down off the cross and into the grave was not powerful or wise enough to hold him there. Death died in the face of God’s penetrating love that rose Jesus from the grave. Like Jesus, you who trust, wait for, and follow him will pass through sufferings and death into eternal life marked by his everlasting love. God’s wisdom of loving dead creatures to everlasting life puts worldly wisdom to shame.
“I wait for you, because you are my strength; Truly, a mighty stronghold is my God. For You have been my fortress, my defense, My refuge when the times of trouble come.” ~ Psalm 59:9, 16b
Singing Psalm 59 for transformative, everlasting love
“I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.” ~ Jeremiah 31:3b
It is impossible to grasp God’s never ending love with a utilitarian approach to him, seeking to know what he wants from you in a merely transactional relationship where you only want to get to heaven and avoid hell—nothing more—where love isn’t factored in or has grown cold.
Jesus warns against majoring in the minors of such outward appearances:
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.” ~ Matthew 23:15
The Lord sets free his people with his everlasting love by protecting them against predators who would influence them in what are not God’s ways. The humility of Jesus undergirds the gentle answer that proceeds from a pure heart. It disrobes the wolf in sheep’s clothing and has the power to turn enemies into friends. And Jesus says we can learn to be gentle and lowly in heart from him. You can learn to look at agendas asking yourself if this person or system is helping or hindering you from loving God who loved you first and died for you.
The most crucial decisions I ever made were in determining whom I would trust. Would I trust those who simply want to dress up my old self and affirm my every whim? Or would I entrust myself to those committed to help me die to my old self that I might live as a new creation in Christ? It took going back and forth, repeatedly being deceived by various sweet sounding, seemingly sincere people to see the difference between their “love” and the selfless, true, everlasting love of Jesus.
What do you find more incredulous? What is beyond your imagination? Suffering for eternity after one refuses to accept God’s mercy saying “thanks, but no thanks” to the opportunity to come to Jesus for rest and eternal life?
Or is it more than you could ask or imagine that God would love and save his enemies who deserve nothing but eternal damnation, that he wants to live with you now, remaking you into the image of his Son, and for all eternity to shower you with his everlasting love?
Singing Psalm 59, you intellectually and experientially know the answer as you begin to grasp hold of the Lord’s everlasting love.
“Free me, my God, from all my enemies; From those who rise against me, keep me safe. To You I sing my praises, O my Strength; For He is God my Fort, my God of love.” ~ Psalm 59:1, 17
March 24 – 29, 2024
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Heart ♥️ reflection
April 1, 2025
“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:” ~ 1 Peter 4:10
Question: How can I develop a trusting mindset that will carry me through life’s storms?
Heart reflection: First identify the areas where you find it most difficult to trust God. These areas can be hard to isolate. They are often learned preverbal and are unconscious in nature. An example of this is when I first realize I am running out of something. It could be the coconut beeswax ointment that I make and use. A sensation of unexplainable dread comes over me quickly followed by a barrage of doubts and fears that start questioning me as if anxiety is suddenly personified and has taken over my brain. Will I buy too much of each ingredient? Will I make too much? Will I live long enough to use it or gift it? If not, will it then be wasteful? Am I being overly indulgent? Yet there is at the same time but on the other hand the opposite fear of not having enough groceries or household supplies. Flip flop back to the fear of being greedy. Am I trying to get too much for myself? So much fear, so much misunderstanding that misses the abundance that God has provided for our enjoyment, for our use, and for our good. Emotions stemming from the fear of death would mercilessly whip you into a frenzy and paralyze you were it not for the Lord ridding you of the scarcity mindset with his overwhelming generosity. The understanding that is needed to overcome the fears you have is that you can trust that God cares for you and that he gives you his people to care for you. When he is yours and you are his, you need not be waiting for a negative judgment from him. When I am sinning by thinking, speaking, or acting in ways that don't please God, the Lord provides the gift of a sensitive conscience. But the conscience that chastises you every time you’re running low on some product that you use? It’s either been hijacked by an enemy, or it is simply broken and in need of some correction and training. Enter Jesus and his church. He provides his word and his chosen family. Yes, Jesus’ church is undergirded by the love of the Holy Spirit and the pleasure of the Father. He uses cords of human kindness to calm your conscience, quiet you with his love, and give you rest. The Lord tri-rescues you to accomplish your moment-by-moment activities of daily living breathing easier as you go about thinking, nourishing, walking, working, resting, and communicating without undue stress. Being part of God's family is like sailing on the high seas. However strong the wind blows, it only serves to lead you home.
“But as for me, I’ll sing about Your strength,
Each day with joy, sing of your steadfast love;” ~ Psalm 59:16a
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The Psalms—Q&A
“But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?” ~ Galatians 4:9
How does the Lord Jesus leading me to sing Psalm 59 help me grow in my affection for God and in my connection with others?
Is it possible to be enslaved without knowing it? God is restoring a deep affection for him within you as he readies you for your return home. Since this is way, way more than a feeling, what would it take for you to set your feelings aside and release your resistance to come to him who knows you first? What might have to happen for your primary goal to shift from taking what can’t satisfy to joyfully receiving his unending love that removes the shackles of doubt from your heart, mind, soul, and strength (in body and emotions) as only he can?
“Free me, my God…” ~ Psalm 59:1a
Would you consider first building vertically? Not a tower to be equal to God or attempt to usurp him, but a bridge. Would you affectionately connect with the one higher than you who chooses to live within you and perfectly love you forever?
“I wait for You, because You are my strength;
Truly a mighty stronghold is my God.
My loving God, my God will meet with me…” ~ Psalm 59:9-10a
Aware of God’s unique ability to love you like you long to be loved, will you transform your sights to relinquish pursuit for what is fading and in its place embrace the perfect love of God and his beloved albeit imperfect church?
Whatever the Lord might have taken away for a time, whatever good goals the Lord has derailed or detoured, saying this must come first, whether it be a pit, a job where you’re lied about, a prison, or a fiery furnace, he has given me life and himself. Because I trust him, I can be brokenhearted yet not devastated. I can joyfully and sincerely sing his praises with my whole heart though it be broken. At long last I rightly adore him. God brightens my life. He is not only enough but everything to me. Abraham counts God as his very great reward. God calls Abraham his friend. In the same way, as you count God as your very great reward, God calls you his friend.
“But as for me, I’ll sing about Your strength,
Each day with joy, sing of Your steadfast love;
For You have been my fortress, my defense,
My refuge when the times of trouble come.
To You I sing my praises, O my Strength;
For He is God my Fort, my God of love.” ~ Psalm 59:16-17
When Satan threatens you with condemnation for your sin, you can lob off his head with his own sword, as David slayed Goliath with his. Because of Jesus, the devil has no claim on you:
“The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.” ~ 1 Timothy 1:15
Ask Paul: How did having to wait for God’s deliverance teach you to trust him with all your heart, soul, mind and strength?
It is true that one day, when Jesus comes again, every knee will bow. Yet how wonderful that the Father gives those he has called the opportunity every moment of every day to be in awe of him, to love him deeply from the heart. He doesn’t sound the trumpet each moment calling attention to his greatness, which would bring about spontaneous, albeit obligatory worship. No, he gently shows himself through the response of sweet birds singing their praises to him, their creator. He gives his human creation the joy of desiring him who loves us first so that when he comes to bring us home, we are expectant and eager to return home with him since God, the Son, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit have been our home here all along. He uses the heartfelt prayers motivated by the sincere, deep love of those he has called to bring those he has not yet called to the genuine joy of knowing and desiring him reflecting God’s everlasting love.
Engage and grow together!
“Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.” ~ Proverbs 27:17
May 15, 2026
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