Seeing Jesus in the Psalms

  Psalm 90   Reflections on Psalm 90 written by Lyssa Bode The family home is more than a building with walls and a roof. It’s a picture of roots, stability, identity and relationship. Do you remember your grandparents living in the same house your entire life? Did your entire extended family gather there every summer for a barbecue, or at Christmas for games and a glorious Christmas dinner? Generations of memories have been made there, and no one would dare sell it to someone outside the family. It is known by all as the ______ family home. But Moses, the writer of this Psalm, was a nomad. He was born in Egypt , a slave condemned by the Pharaoh, along with perhaps thousands of other Hebrew boys. Moses was hidden by his parents, and through a series of events, grew up in that same Pharaoh’s house. Forced to flee as a young man, he landed in Midian, where God eventually came to him in the famous burning bush incident. You know the history of how God raised up Moses to lead the ...

  Psalm 57 I have only one rock, only one unchangeable, sure, safe place, and that is my God. I see the wonderful works of my God everywhere I look. And I see His loving hand of mercy and care over my path when I look back and in faith as I look ahead. I know that there is nothing I will encounter that God has not intended for my good. I have seen the complaints and the requests for vindication and retribution from David and the Psalmist in these first 57 chapters. But what I also see, soaring above the cries for help and frustrations, is our God . And daily I hardly have to scratch the surface to see a link between the Psalm and Jesus. Today I see Jesus being hounded just like David. As King of all the universe, Jesus and His Father in Heaven with the Spirit had all the power and authority to do things any way or anywhere They wished to have done things; They could have changed things so the enemies never surrounded or threatened David or Jesus. God is unlimited in His power and l...