DECEMBER 5, 2025 Psalm 116:16 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. All my life, I’ve heard this passage invoked as people met to memorialize the passing of a loved one. However, as a younger man, I never truly understood the depth of this idea — that the Creator looks upon […]
DECEMBER 3, 2025 Psalm 116:10-11 I believed, therefore I spoke, “I am greatly afflicted.” I said in my haste, “All men are liars.” With these words we are reminded that Jewish commentators believe this psalm was written by David. That being so, the statements above make reference to the chaos that ensued when Absalom rose up against […]
DECEMBER 2, 2025 Psalm 116:8-9 For You have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. Experiencing hardship and suffering can squeeze the very life from a person. It can be so intense, at times, that a person can […]
DECEMBER 01, 2025 Psalm 116:3-4 The pains of death surrounded me, and the pangs of Sheol laid hold of me; I found trouble and sorrow. Then I called upon the name of the Lord: “O Lord, I implore You, deliver my soul!” In the previous devotion we highlighted the psalmist’s joy over the fact that God heard his cries and […]
NOVEMBER 29, 2025 Psalm 115:17-18 The dead do not praise the Lord, nor any who go down into silence. But we will bless the Lord from this time forth and forevermore. The statement that the dead do not offer praise to the Lord seems so overtly obvious that it makes one wonder why it must even be […]
NOVEMBER 28, 2025 Psalm 115:16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s; but the earth He has given to the children of men. As it is written, Almighty God is the One who created the heavens and the earth. Yet presently, only the heavens remain under His exclusive control seeing that He has given man control over the earth. […]
NOVEMBER 27, 2025 Psalm 115:14-15 May the Lord give you increase more and more, you and your children. May you be blessed by the Lord, who made heaven and earth These words accurately express the true nature of blessing as God intends it — increase and abundance. The blessing He bestows upon one generation is […]
NOVEMBER 26, 2025 Psalm 115:9-11 O Israel, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield. O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield. You who fear the Lord, trust in the Lord; He is their help and their shield. According to Jewish interpretations, there are three distinct groups of people who are addressed in these […]
NOVEMBER 25, 2025 Psalm 115:3-4 But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases. Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands. It is almost comical — emphasis on the word almost — that those who doubt God’s existence or His power choose to put their faith in things that either don’t exist, or […]
NOVEMBER 24, 2025 Psalm 115:1-2 Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to Your name give glory, because of Your mercy, because of Your truth. Why should the Gentiles say, “So where is their God?” The preceding psalm describes the benevolence of God towards His people and how He performed awesome works on their behalf. Many of these […]
NOVEMBER 23, 2025 Psalm 11:3-4 The sea saw it and fled; Jordan turned back. The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs. What exactly did the sea and the Jordan River see that caused them to flee and turn back? Based on the previous verses, it would seem the sea and the river “observed” that […]
NOVEMBER 22, 2025 Psalm 114:1-2 When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, Judah became His sanctuary, and Israel His dominion. In the previous devotion, we highlighted God’s ability and willingness to transform the lives of those who are desperate and destitute. The concluding verses of the previous psalm say, “He […]
