I’ve never thought of Psalm 50 as a “prophetic” psalm, but as I read it this morning, I can’t help but connect the words to God’s future judgment of the world. It begins as God, the Mighty One, Jehovah speaks, summoning the heavens and the earth to appear before Him. His appearance is that of …
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God Sees
Despite the fact that Job likely lived in the time of the patriarchs, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that his story appears in the Bible right before the book of Psalms. Chuck Swindoll gives us some good reasons to believe that Job lived around the time of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (source here). Chronologically, …
Does God See?
Do you ever feel like God isn’t listening to you, even though you are constantly crying out to Him to do something about the circumstances of your life? The children of Israel must have had moments when they felt like God had forgotten them. The 70 members of Joseph’s family that he brought to live …
Hope In Despair
Psalm 43 is entitled a “prayer for deliverance.” Isn’t that what we are longing for today? To be delivered from all the confusion and uncertainty of what’s happening in our world right now? We need deliverance on all accounts, both as a nation in turmoil, and in our personal lives in a hundred different ways. …
What To Do When You’re Overwhelmed
What do you do when life overwhelms your soul? When your spirit fails? When your heart faints? Psalm 143 describes David’s thoughts at just such a time. David was a man who felt things deeply, but he also reasoned through his emotions. This is one reason why we all find such comfort in the Psalms …
