Seeing Jesus in the Psalms

  Psalm 107 Have you ever played a game like Civilization, Sim City or Settlers of Catan? Psalm 107 is a bit like that. Not that it is a game but that it is the ups and downs of humankind. And the heights and depths of the human experience are summarised by this account of our ups and downs. And each time you see the same scenario.  6 "LORD, help!" they cried in their trouble, and he rescued them from their distress. ...  13 "LORD, help!" they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. ...  19 "LORD, help!" they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. ...  28 "LORD, help!" they cried in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress. Psalm 107:6, 13, 19, 28 NLT Main Point: The godly response to ups and downs of human history is to be moved to praise because you can see how God sends the Lord Jesus to help those who call for His help. Psalm 107 encourages you to view things from God’s perspective. I...

  Psalm 92 Main Point: When you look for Jesus/God you will find Him, and He will thrill your heart. Have you ever lost something and you tried to explain what it was to someone so they could help you search for it? Like a child? But you don’t remember what they were wearing and in your panic you can’t seem to adequately produce a distinguishing description of your lost child that will set them apart from the other 300 small people running around in the playground. Psalm 92 does not suffer from this problem. But maybe we are overwhelmed with details, amazing and distinguishing details, but nonetheless there is a description of God here and we want to know, is this telling us about Jesus?   “If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is. From now on, you do know him and have seen him!" John 14:7 NLT Jesus turns this question around and says if you look at Jesus, you will have seen the Father. So isn’t any description of God at least in part Christological? Of...