Good morning, everyone!
Today I read Psalms 1-8.
I love the Psalms! I really do. And there is so much I would like to share today. Well, I don't have too much to talk about, but I wish I could share every part of all the eight psalms I read today. But the post would be too long.
So, instead, I'm going to share some of the highlights from today's reading, and then one day, after I finish the RBY challenge, I'll do a blog series on the Psalms, so I can cover them in more depth.
Okay. Let's begin.
Psalm 1:1-2 - How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night.
God takes care of the righteous. Those who delight in the law of God keep it always.
Psalm 2:1-6 - Why are the nations in an uproar and the peoples devising a vain thing? The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers take counsel together against the LORD and against His anointed, saying, "Let us tear their fetters apart and cast away their cords from us!" He who sits in the heavens laughs, the Lord scoffs at them. Then He will speak to them in anger and terrify them in His fury, saying, "But as for Me, I have installed My King upon Zion, My holy mountain."
Psalm 2:10-11 - Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; take warning, O judges of the earth. Worship the Lord with reverence and rejoice with trembling.
Let's face it. All of our leaders need our prayer. Whether you like them or not. Whether you agree with them or not. We should always be praying for them to make wise decisions.
Psalm 3:3 - But You, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
God shields us. He protects us. He lifts our heads, and catches us or picks us up when we fall.
Psalm 3:5 - I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the LORD sustains me.
When David wrote this, he was pursued by Saul. He lay down and slept in the midst of his enemies. And the Lord sustained him. Just as God sustains us.
Psalm 4:3 - But know that the LORD has set apart the godly man for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.
We are set apart to God, and He always hears when we call out to Him.
Now, I'm going to end by sharing all of Psalm 8.
Psalm 8:1-2 - O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth, who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens! From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength because of Your adversaries, to make the enemy and the revengeful cease.
Psalm 8:3-8 - When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained; what is man that You take thought of him, and the son of man that You care for him? Yet You have made him a little lower than God, and You crown him with glory and majesty! You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, all sheep and oxen, and also the beast of the field, the birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, whatever passes through the paths of the seas.
God loved us so much that He gave us dominion over all His creation. He expects us to be wise with it.
Psalm 8:9 - O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth!
I hope you'll join me tomorrow when I read Psalm 9-16.
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