Monday, April 28, 2014

Psalm 76
This psalm expresses the advantages the believer in Jesus enjoys and the disadvantages for nonbelievers.

Psalm 82
God (the Son) judges among the "gods".  This is the condemnation judgment.

Psalm 84
This psalm is a testimony to God’s goodness and the happiness of those who put their confidence in Him.  Blessed indeed are those who are constantly engaged in His service, who find their strength in Him, and who know Him by the life of real faith.

"...the Lord bestows favor and honor; no good thing does he withhold from those whose walk is blameless.
 We may not always see the favor and honor He bestows on us.  What we need to do is to start looking for them.

Psalm 90
In case you didn't notice, this psalm was written by Moses.
"For a thousand years in your sight are like a day that has just gone by, or like a watch in the night."
Time has meaning only for us humans.  And because time has meaning for us, He gives us the following verse.
“Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.”
What does it mean to number our days aright? How do we gain a heart of wisdom? Does it have anything to do with using our time wisely?
"May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us..."
God establishes the work of our hands through the use of our spiritual gifts given to us by the Holy Spirit.

Psalm 92
“The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;”
Even wonder why Scriptures refer to such things as palm and cedar trees? We know it’s there for a reason, but what reason?
Palm trees are noted for their longevity and cedars are noted for being solid, strong, and immovable. The righteous will flourish and bear fruit in their old age, like a long-living tree. The righteous are unmoved by the winds of circumstance.

Psalm 112
On May 5, 2005 we received the phone call that no parent ever wants to get. A stranger called us to say that our son had taken a 30 foot fall from a tree. She assured us that he was conscious and was being loaded onto an ambulance. God gave us the following verse from Psalm 112,
“He will have no fear of bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.”

We knew that our son and daughter-in-law trusted in the Lord and we certainly knew that we trusted in the Lord, so it was much easier to take the news about all his injuries (broken back, broken wrist, multiple bruises and scratches) as the chaplain related them to us at the hospital. We praise the Lord that our son has recovered from the injuries with a heart more steadfast than ever. (He also survived renal cell carcinoma within the same year.) And so we can claim the following verse, “Not to us, O Lord, not to us but to your name be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.”AMEN and AMEN!

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