January 25, 2020
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Reading along with us in Psalm? Here’s today’s reading:
Psalm 90 (ESV)
A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.
1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place
in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth,
or ever you had formed the earth and the world,
from everlasting to everlasting you are God.
3 You return man to dust
and say, “Return, O children of man!”......Continue Reading
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We finish these chapters of Psalm with a song where we ask God to use us and that He would have us to do all things for His glory!
17 Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us,
and establish the work of our hands upon us;
yes, establish the work of our hands!
I listened to Psalms 82-90.
We have a Psalm contributed by Moses here. It’s labeled as a prayer actually. And it is interesting that in it God is praised for His wrath and the affliction He brings on His people. (Psalm 90:11) And doesn’t that really make sense? God’s wrath is an essential aspect of showing what He thinks about our sin and independence and it also establishes in us the knowledge that He is to be feared. Not with a cowering fear, but a fear of awe and respect and the knowledge of what He could do if He wasn’t merciful. Psalm 90:15 is also telling and a bit counter intuitive. But we can be glad for His affliction because as Hebrews tells us it is a reflection of His love for us. There is a simplicity and a complexity in believing, knowing and following God. We are wise to grow in our knowledge of Him and learn to embrace it all!
Psalm 90:12 (ESV)
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Psalm 90 seems to be a lament for restoration to God. I am not sure what situation Moses is addressing but it is interesting that he states that man’s life, in general, is 70-80 years when he lives to be 120 years old (Deuteronomy 34:7). In light of this understanding, we should number our days that we may walk wisely.
Another thing I notice is the contrast between God’s wrath and steadfast love. Moses, the author, maintains the truth of both aspects of God’s character.
7 For we are brought to an end by your anger;
by your wrath we are dismayed.
8 You have set our iniquities before you,
our secret sins in the light of your presence.
9 For all our days pass away under your wrath;
we bring our years to an end like a sigh.
10 The years of our life are seventy,
or even by reason of strength eighty;
yet their span is but toil and trouble;
they are soon gone, and we fly away.
11 Who considers the power of your anger,
and your wrath according to the fear of you?
12 So teach us to number our days
that we may get a heart of wisdom.