SONGS OF DEGREES What is a song of degrees? Some have suggested these relate to pilgrims approaching the temple site in Jerusalem. Others suggest a prophetic message of messiah coming. I wonder if these may have been a bit of both. Could we all be on a pilgrimage as we approach eternity? Do ourContinue reading “ASCENDING”
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XYZs OF FAITH
WHO SCATTERS OUR ENEMIES As there is another side of life that is found on the other side of the veil, this is the other half of Psalm 119. How great to know that the other side of life is the greater, the eternal and unlimited side. Let’s continue to learn the ABCs of gettingContinue reading “XYZs OF FAITH”
PRAISE HIM OR FEAR HIM
ACKNOWLEDGE HIM We are usually admonished to praise God in these psalms. But today the psalmist addressed God directly as a participant in the song of life. To live for God we have to live with God, illustrating our trust for the world to see. Like dark matter and dark energy weContinue reading “PRAISE HIM OR FEAR HIM”
CAUSE AND EFFECT
ACKNOWLEDGE HIM We are usually admonished to praise God in these psalms. But today the psalmist addressed God directly as a participant in the song of life. To live for God we have to live with God, illustrating our trust for the world to see. Like dark matter and dark energy weContinue reading “CAUSE AND EFFECT”
REMEMBERANCE
COVENANT As always the psalmist gives honor to God for his goodness. Formerly he observed the ancient works, and now he addresses the gifts that God gave to the patriarchs. Nature has been our womb, and now supernatural freedom has been given to man. Abraham leads us to generations of evidence for God.Continue reading “REMEMBERANCE”
OF OLD
TO YOU The psalmist again demonstrates praise, reveals the power that it awakens, and includes you in those rewards. He offers a comparison of that which is alive and growing and that which is a dead growth of a past season. You are invited to join the endless summer; can youContinue reading “OF OLD”
TRUMPET
DRAWING NEAR Begin your days with praise. Accept the gift of dawn as a day of opportunity, and celebrate the end of the day as leading us to better days that will never end. This life is a short day of trials and challenges. But the next life is endless joy. The challengersContinue reading “TRUMPET”
SOS
THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT A psalm of only five verses is to accomplish a mission and a message. God is real, he warns us of danger, and he wants to save our life. This is like the telegraph or early radio messages that signaled alarm: SOS. The morse code wasContinue reading “SOS”
SOARING
WIND RIDER Now we find a psalm from long before the sons of Korah or David. Moses too sang when praise to God was appropriate. This song is also a prayer that takes us back to our roots and ponders our destiny; it lifts us from the low times to high places. (A PrayerContinue reading “SOARING”
INSTRUCTION FOR HOPE
OPERATORS INSTRUCTIONS Psalms have been demonstrations of the power of worship. They often show us a situation full of danger and discomfort initially. As the Psalmist moves pat fear and into faith by praising God, we have witnessed answers coming from heaven as God speaks through the song writer. Worship lifts us from theContinue reading “INSTRUCTION FOR HOPE”
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