August 8, 2017
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Reading along with us in the first 30 chapters of Psalm? Here’s today’s reading:
Psalm 28 (ESV)
To you, O Lord, I call;
my rock, be not deaf to me,
lest, if you be silent to me,
I become like those who go down to the pit.
2 Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
when I cry to you for help,
when I lift up my hands
toward your most holy sanctuary.
3 Do not drag me off with the wicked,
with the workers of evil,
who speak peace with their neighbors
while evil is in their hearts.
4 Give to them according to their work
and according to the evil of their deeds;
give to them according to the work of their hands;
render them their due reward.
5 Because they do not regard the works of the Lord
or the work of his hands,
he will tear them down and build them up no more… Continue Reading
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Comfort in the knowledge of God s eternal interest in us
The Lord is my strength and my shield;
in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;
my heart exults,
and with my song I give thanks to him.❤️
David opens his psalm with his requests of God, then in verse 6 he expresses faith that God has heard him. This is not simply “I hope God hears me.” David knows it!
Where would I/we be if we didn’t have God on and by our side? What comfort to know that He hears us even when we cannot feel or sense that. There is not much truer than verse 7…”The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him and I am helped.” May we all grow in that trust not only for the benefit it brings but also because of the undeniable truth that God deserves it and the glory it brings Him. May it be clearer to me when I am depending on my strength and not His.