Interesting Psalm this. House, city, anxiety, sleep and the benefit of children. Not on the surface the most connected of issues, until you look at that first word: house. I don’t read the house mentioned here as only a physical construction. It’s not just the bricks and mortar. It is all about the habitat. Whether […]
Read More Psalm 127 – Who Is Building Your House?The collection of Psalms would have informed you by now that there are plenty of good reasons for praise and worship. This particular Psalm gives another reason for worship and it is a tough reason to take. Worship from the pain of contempt. Enduring the pain of active insults and bitterness that’s experienced. It is […]
Read More Psalm 123 – Mercy From ContemptWhen I was a child, sometimes I would get scared before going to bed. It would take my Mum or Dad to sit with me and calm me down. They weren’t the storytelling types, but they did the best they could and knowing they were there for me like that was a great reassurance in […]
Read More Psalm 121 – What A ComfortThis Psalm is intensely personal. Here is a Psalmist dealing with some nasty pieces of work who make matters worse for him through their lying. Few things in life are more despicable than deceitful people in your space. Sounding sweet in one breath to your face whilst sowing discord behind your back. Talking tough and […]
Read More Psalm 120 – Dear God, Deal With The LiarsLaw, Word, Statutes, Precepts, Decrees, Commands and Promises. Seven words used often in NIV in this Psalm to express what had been stated in the first Psalm. That the man is blessed who delights in the Law of the Lord and meditates on it day and night. That blessing is expressed in suffering and hardship, […]
Read More Psalm 119 – Life in the Law of the LordIt is very difficult for me to read this Psalm. Very difficult. It’s difficult because to read of someone who knows what it is to be rescued and so express this great love for God reminds me of what God has rescued me from. The darkness of depression, the despair of feeling worthless, the delusion […]
Read More Psalm 116 – A Very Good Reason to Love HimLike we needed more reasons to praise God, this Psalmist makes a big deal of praising the incomparable Creator of the Universe. The reason? As great as He is, He still looks at those in lowly conditions and picks them up. This is more than rags to riches, this is not about turning a pauper […]
Read More Psalm 113 – In The Habit of Picking You UpThis Psalm plays like a complimentary piece to the previous Psalm. That previous Psalm gave us plenty of reasons to remember what God has done. This Psalm gives plenty of reasons to remember how we are likely to respond to what God has done and it’s not pretty. It would be comforting to think that […]
Read More Psalm 106 – What Have We Done For God Lately?Nature documentaries usually don’t attract me. Go ahead and give me that look. I get the whole love of wildlife and how the animal kingdom does its thing. For some it is a riveting subject worthy of the tones of someone like David Attenborough paying careful attention to the rise and fall of that animal […]
Read More Psalm 104 – God Of All CreationI love a good refrain. A good part in a song that keeps us on track with the song’s basic message. Get a good line and repeat it and it sinks in. No prizes for guessing which line grabbed me in this Psalm. I love the escalation of the instruction. Verse 3 – praise His […]
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