JUNE 3, 2024 Psalm 44:13-14 You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to those all around us. You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples. Some might read this verse and wonder why this particular sentiment should be considered “devotional”? It […]
JUNE 1, 2024 Psalm 44:3-4 They did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, nor did their own arm save them; but it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, because You favored them. Previous to this verse is the acknowledgement that the Lord is the One […]
MAY 31, 2024 Psalm 44:1-2 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, the deeds You did in their days, in days of old. You drove out the nations with Your hand, but them You planted. There is a very important concept addressed in the opening verses of this psalm; […]
MAY 30, 2024 Psalm 43:4-5 On the harp I will praise You, O God, my God. Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God; for I shall yet praise Him, the help of my countenance and my God. Whether the author is David or the sons […]
MAY 28, 2024 Psalm 43:1 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! The Hebrew word translated as “vindicate” is shafat, a term typically understood to denote a “judgement.“ It doesn’t necessarily insinuate that a person needs to judged in the sense that a […]
MAY 27, 2024 Psalm 43:1 Vindicate me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation; oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! It is unfortunate but true — far too many people work overtime to interrupt and complicate the lives of others. In order to advance their own agenda, they find it necessary […]
MAY 26, 2024 Psalm 42:7-8 Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls; all Your waves and billows have gone over me. The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me—a prayer to the God of my life. I’ve heard many people quote this phrase, “Deep calls unto deep,” […]
MAY 25, 2024 Psalm 42:3-4 My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, “Where is your God?” When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go with the multitude; I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy […]
MAY 24, 2024 Psalm 42:1-2 As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. If we were to boil the entirety of Scripture down to a single concept, in my view, it would be this: God has always wanted a family […]