JULY 22, 2026 Psalm 144:11-12 Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners … that our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as pillars, sculptured in palace style. If one looks closely, you will see that scattered throughout the Scripture are passages that liken men to trees. It is, in […]
JULY 21, 2026 Psalm 144:11-12 Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners … that our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as pillars, sculptured in palace style. Throughout the psalms, David pleaded with the Lord to deliver him from the hand of his enemies lest he be killed. In […]
JULY 20, 2026 Psalm 144:5-7 Bow down Your heavens, O Lord, and come down; touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. Flash forth lightning and scatter them; shoot out Your arrows and destroy them. Stretch out Your hand from above. In these verses, David acknowledged the stark contrast between man’s brief and limited influence in the […]
JULY 19, 2026 Psalm 144:4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. Before we move on, I think it is beneficial to consider this final analogy David used to describe man’s existence — “a passing shadow.” To appreciate his words, let’s first consider a huge, stationary object such as a massive oak […]
JULY 18, 2026 Psalm 144:4 Man is like a breath; his days are like a passing shadow. In the previous devotion, we focused on David’s query as to why God would concern Himself with man seeing that we are frail and finite flesh. In the verse above, he continued to address this issue, likening man to nothing […]
JULY 17, 2026 Psalm 144:3 Lord, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You are mindful of him? With these words, David reveals his innate humility. Having reached the pinnacle of success and notoriety, following a string of victories over his adversaries, he stood head and shoulders above his countrymen. […]
JULY 16, 2026 Psalm 144:1-2 Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle— my lovingkindness and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and the One in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me. There are many events in David’s life that may have inspired these words, but […]
JULY 15, 2026 Psalm 144:1-2 Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle— my lovingkindness and my fortress, my high tower and my deliverer, my shield and the One in whom I take refuge, who subdues my people under me. The biblical view of war and […]
JULY 14, 2026 Psalm 143:10 Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness. There are times in our lives when we can feel as if we are a storm-tossed ship drifting on the sea with no safe haven in sight. The winds of controversy and strife […]
JULY 13, 2026 Psalm 143:10 Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness. By giving us His Word, God has made known to us what His will is regarding how we should live. As the prophet Micah declared, “He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does […]
JULY 12, 2026 Psalm 144:8 Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, for in You do I trust; cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to You. As was related in the previous devotion, the Scripture firmly establishes the idea that, spiritually speaking, it is […]
JULY 11, 2026 Psalm 144:8 Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the morning, for in You do I trust; cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to You. In this verse, David says something that touches on an important precept repeatedly mentioned in Scripture, which is […]