Psalm 115 is a reminder to me that I'm not here to get glory for myself, I'm here to give glory to God. As much as I might be tempted to think that this world is all about me sometimes, the truth is that it isn't. It's actually about God and about making His name great. As I've mentioned before, God shares His glory with no ... [Continue Reading]
Search me, O God (Psalms 131, 138-139, and 143-145)
I have found that one of the best prayers I can pray from time to time is that of Psalm 139: "Search me, O God." I kind of look at it as a maintenance prayer. Just like how cars need to have their alignment done from time to time, this prayer aligns me with my Heavenly Father. It asks Him to examine my heart and my motives, and it seeks ... [Continue Reading]
Psalm 110 in-depth (Psalms 30 and 108-110)
My intrigue of Psalm 110 led me to do some research on it. I was blown away with the depth of this Psalm that I didn't even begin to understand. As I have done before, I want to share the words from The New Bible Commentary on Psalm 110, as I think you might find the background pretty interesting, too. The very name, Melchizedek, breathes an air of ... [Continue Reading]
Holy (Psalms 57, 95, and 97-99)
The world "holy" in the Bile is really defined as "set apart." Something that is holy is entirely different than everything else. We should consider, then, the depth of what the psalmists were saying when they referred to God as "holy." God is different than us; He is set apart from us. He doesn't think ... [Continue Reading]
The plight of those seeking good (Psalms 5, 38, and 41-42)
You might want to take heed to a comment in the end of Psalm 38 if you're a person who seeks to do what's right. David says that there were some who accused him because he was seeking after good. I think what David experienced was not altogether different than what people experience today in that others look down on those who seek to do good and to do ... [Continue Reading]
I waited patiently for the Lord… (Psalms 26, 40, 58, 61-62, and 64)
I think one of my favorite Psalms is 40. U2 put it in song form and I was introduced to it through Starfield's cover of it, which you can find on iTunes. I was so moved by the lyrics that I wanted to know where they came from. Low and behold they were straight from the Bible! When I was younger I used to joke that one of the prayers ... [Continue Reading]
How long? (Psalms 3-4, 12-13, 28, and 55)
From time to time we read of the Psalmist asking God how long it will be until He comes to the rescue. There are moments when God's presence seems absent in our lives, and there is even a temptation to believe that God is either neglecting us or not even real at all. I like to think of that as an emotion-based faith that is determined by what is happening ... [Continue Reading]
Create in me a clean heart (Psalms 32, 51, 86, and 122)
One of the biggest deceptions to man is what goes on in his heart. Hidden motives of the heart exist in each one of us, and until we take time to dig down deep, we may not even realize what's going on inside. Jealousy, anger, bitterness, greed... these all come from the heart. I think that's why I love the prayer of David who asks for God to ... [Continue Reading]
Remembering what God has done (Psalms 65-67 and 69-70)
Psalm 66 recounts what God did for the Israelites with the Red Sea - turning it into dry land so they could cross it. Throughout the Old Testament in various places the Israelites erected monuments to remind themselves of God's faithfulness to them and was being done in this Psalm. There's something incredibly important about remembering your faith ... [Continue Reading]
Some trust in chariots and some trust in horses (Psalms 60, 75, and 20)
There are all kinds of things that people trust in. Some trust in their strength and some in their intellect. Some trust in their money and others in their friends. Ultimately, however, there is only one who is worth trusting in: the Lord. He is the One who will never leave you and never let you down. He judges justly and saves His people ... [Continue Reading]
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