Category: A Psalm a Day

THE STORMS OF LIFE

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7 # Short Commentary and Lesson from Psalm 29.3-9

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Through the centuries, people have responded to God in the beauties of nature. The smoldering glory of a sunset, the delicacy of a rose, and the chuckle of a crystal brook dancing over rocks leave many in awe of God’s power.
But what should we think about the brutal force of hurricane winds, splintering everything in their path? Timid souls run and hide from God’s power. Those with the courage of the psalmist watch the lightning split the night, and marvel that such a powerful God hears our prayers and rejoices in our praise.

OUR SHEPHERD FRIEND

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6 # Short Commentary and Lesson from Psalm 23.1-6

This song in Psalm 23 mends our broken hearts after reading Psalm 22, though that psalm is an important part of God’s message to us.
As Christians, we can consider it an honor to be a partner with Christ in his suffering. But afterward, it is comforting to “rest in fields of green grass,” and to be led to “streams of peaceful water.”
our shepherd – Jesus – leads us and refreshes our lives. We are given the wonderful promise: “I will live forever in your house.”

THE LORD’S PERFECT LAW

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4 # Short Commentary and Lesson from Psalm 19.7, 8

What a wonderful world it would be if we all knew what Daivid misunderstood so well! David doesn’t say that he himself is perfec, and none of us could make that claim either. Only God and his law are perfect.
If we could live by the Lord’s perfect Law, imagine how happy we would be. We can begin where David begins – by delighting in the beautiful perfection of the Lord’s law.
Jesus was that Law in human flesh. We should think about his perfection and the beauty of his words and works. Then we will begin loving what Jesus loved, seeling to do the things he did, and becoming more like him. We become what we admire.

The Lord Is a Kind Ruler

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3 # Short Commentary and Lesson from Psalm 10.16-18

God is the only everlasting ruler, and his kind intentions will finally come about in the new creation that he had planned (see Revelation 21 and 22). now, human disobedience is the cause of the widespread suffering we hear about and sometimes even experience ourselves.
Often we can’t see God’s answer to these situations, but that does not mean that he is ignoring human suffering. God works according to his timetable, not ours. The answer will come in time, and our sad and difficult times will be gone forever. In the meantime, God does give us hope based on his past faithfulness to his people.