This Psalm is an intriguing one. I am a big fan of men of God being honest about inner conflict. This one is intriguing because the Psalmist clearly loves God and wants to follow Him in doing what’s right. In this Psalm he acknowledges that he doesn’t want to slip into the dark side. The […]
Read More Psalm 141 – Help Me Watch MyselfConversing with God brings with it certain appeals that can be made to His character. The Psalmist can make a request that some might be uncomfortable with in regards to his enemies. He can make this request not based on his own merits, but because of who God is. No, not a bloodthirsty violent sort […]
Read More Psalm 140 – What Justice DemandsIt’s fascinating seeing people’s responses to this Psalm. It’s very easy to grab onto those parts of the Psalm that makes the human look good. Fearfully and wonderfully made. Thoughts to me are vast. This is not, however, an ode to the brilliance of humanity. This is a tremendous point of praise to the greatness […]
Read More Psalm 139 – A Check Up With A DifferenceGod. Just think of the word and the concept. Beyond human comprehension in totality. Splendid, magnificent and awesome in all dimensions. When growing up and hearing about amazing people, famous for great things, I was given the impression that they were not attainable. You couldn’t touch them, talk to them, engage with them at all. […]
Read More Psalm 138 – Praise the God who RelatesMocked by captors. Told to perform like you used to perform at home. Ridiculed because the once glorious nation has been brought to its knees and the city with the symbol of your allegiance to the God who delivered you is left in smithereens. How can you sing indeed. Much weeping is indeed the right […]
Read More Psalm 137 – When You Are Where You Don’t BelongThere is a song called, Love Lift Us Up Where We Belong. The sentiments of the song may appear rather cheesy to some, but amongst those lyrics is a sense of love that has enduring power. That theme of enduring power in love dominates this Psalm. The love of God described here takes on epic […]
Read More Psalm 136 – Enduring LoveThere is a chant that is sometimes used in football games that suggests that a striker of a greater quality ‘scores when he wants’. That degree of acknowledging brilliance in doing whatever he wants can also be attributed to the Creator of the Universe. God, though, does not need to give you His CV to earn […]
Read More Psalm 135 – Great God, Great Track RecordI appreciate scripture for what it says and what it means from the writer at the time. This Psalm is written at a time when there was a temple and there would be priests who would serve in the temple in the night. It’s great that the Psalmist wants these servants to be encouraged in their […]
Read More Psalm 134 – The Night WatchIt is a beautiful thing to see. Brothers together in harmony. I love it when I see it. Brothers in a band making beautiful music that blesses others because they compliment each other so well. Brothers in a football team playing for each other as much without possession as with it, spurring each other onto […]
Read More Psalm 133 – Brothers UnitedFor His Name’s Sake Shalom C. L. J. Dryden
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