Seeing Jesus in the Psalms

  Psalm 59  Did you read Psalm 59 ? Come on, Please DON’T read my words before you read God’s words.!!!! David is acting like a king by being concerned about the people and what they will learn from a situation and how God handles it, even before he is the king. David is not just concerned for his own safety and the personal justice of a situation, but he wants to teach an important theological lesson. David wants God’s actions and way of handling this situation to reveal something lasting of God’s power and character to His people. As a Christian you are an ambassador of the King. So in every situation where we call out to God for rescue, our goal should be to bring lasting glory to the character of God. We should desire that the people remember who God is and how God works. Don’t kill them, for my people soon forget such lessons; stagger them with your power, and bring them to their knees, O Lord our shield. Psalm 59:11 What would I conclude from the terrorist that prowls in...

Psalm 46 Have you read Psalm 46? My small “Bible lesson” is meaningless compared to the Word of God. After I copied the Psalm by hand I felt like something was missing, so I went and read the Psalm aloud and recorded it to share. But still something was missing. So I went back to look at my handwritten copy and compared it to the Bible text I was copying and sure enough I had left a word out. Did you catch it? “Interlude” at the end of verse 3. Missing the interlude has been a problem of mine for most of my life, since I can remember and I remember at one point in my life as a leader, around the year 2000, I purposed in my heart to change the habit of missing the interlude. This Psalm has three. Three moments to stop, pause, rest, consider and reflect on all that God has said and done. You too will miss the interludes if you don’t take time to read the Psalm and then pause before reading my words or any other devotional material. I am a full time volunteer in a Christian bookstore. We ...