Seeing Jesus in the Psalms

  Psalm 42 Please always read the Psalm before you read these notes. Maybe you should read it a couple of times with as few distractions as possible and good concentration.  "Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again—my Savior and my God!" (Psalm 42:5 NLT) There are things that should discourage you or you shouldn’t be surprised when they discourage you. If you are not saddened by these things then it is a symptom of a cold heart towards God. Main Point: Being filled with the love of God will regularly take you on a journey of emotional rediscovery of your love for God. Some things will discourage the person who is filled with the love of God. Recognising you have wandered away from God. Being discouraged in your love of God by unbelievers’ actions and words.  When people “cheat” God’s laws and look like they are getting away with it. When people mock our love for God and our need for God. v.3, 9-10 Observing how many...

How precious is your unfailing love, O God! All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of your wings. Psalm 36:7 NLT   Psalm 36 We are confronted with a description of wickedness that is frightening. The seemingly unbounded wickedness of humans denying God is followed by the truly limitless love of God. I have heard people say that we don’t see the grace of God until we get to the new testament but I have seen the grace of God continually since I have begun to write in response to the Psalms. Grace, mercy and love are fountains and rivers flowing from God toward all humanity. The quality and quantity of God’s love is determined by God and His character, not by the recipient. David asks for justice but recognises that God’s love is in the first place indiscriminate.  MAIN POINT: God’s unfailing love is greater than mankind’s wickedness. 7 How precious is your unfailing love, O God! All humanity finds shelter in the shadow of your wings. 8 You feed them from the abundance of your...