Seeing Jesus in the Psalms

  Psalm 150 1 Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary;     praise him in his mighty heaven! 2 Praise him for his mighty works;     praise his unequaled greatness! 3 Praise him with a blast of the ram’s horn;     praise him with the lyre and harp! 4 Praise him with the tambourine and dancing;     praise him with strings and flutes! 5 Praise him with a clash of cymbals;     praise him with loud clanging cymbals. 6 Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord! Praise the Lord! Psalm 150 3 And they were singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb: “ Great and marvelous are your works ,     O Lord God, the Almighty. Just and true are your ways,     O King of the nations.[a] 4 Who will not fear you, Lord,     and glorify your name?     For you alone are holy. All nation...

  Psalm 135 10 He struck down great nations and slaughtered mighty kings 20 O Levites, praise the Lord! All you who fear the Lord, praise the Lord! Psalms 135:10 & 20 NLT MAIN POINT: God never changes; He is always to be feared. Jesus is God and Jesus is to be feared. I just want to get this out here. The fear of God is a good thing. To fear, respect, feel the awesomeness of God’s power, even in Jesus, is healthy and wise. My first response to Psalm 135 is to praise. We are invited, instructed, commanded to praise God. And how can we not? The Psalm then gives us reasons to praise God.  The invocation of praise is focused first on the servants of God in His house. And I would firstly point out that God is served, and this isn’t an archaic, Old Testament idea of God that has to mature and evolve with society. This is every bit as much a New Testament idea, and I would encourage you to look into the Bible and consider what it means to serve God. Are you serving? Do you see yo...

  Psalm 134 A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. 1 Oh, praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord,     you who serve at night in the house of the Lord. 2 Lift your hands toward the sanctuary,     and praise the Lord. 3 May the Lord, who made heaven and earth,     bless you from Jerusalem. Psalm 134 :1-3 Main Point: We are called to praise the Lord Jesus Christ, maker of heaven and earth, as pilgrims and servants as we enjoy His presence and travel to be with Him. I’m looking at the many, many places in the Bible that say that Jesus made heaven and earth. “God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him.” John 1:3 NLT “Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see— such as thr...

  Psalm 122 A song for pilgrims ascending to Jerusalem. A psalm of David. 1 I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.” 2 And now here we are, standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem. 3 Jerusalem is a well-built city; its seamless walls cannot be breached. 4 All the tribes of Israel—the Lord’s people—make their pilgrimage here. They come to give thanks to the name of the Lord, as the law requires of Israel. 5 Here stand the thrones where judgment is given, the thrones of the dynasty of David. 6 Pray for peace in Jerusalem. May all who love this city prosper. 7 O Jerusalem, may there be peace within your walls and prosperity in your palaces. 8 For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, “May you have peace.” 9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek what is best for you, O Jerusalem. MAIN POINT: Jesus is our happy place of peace where we safely worship with god’s people in God’s presence. I will confess that I actually avoid comme...