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- What attributes of God’s character does this passage reveal?
- How does the passage point to Jesus?
- How should the truth of this passage change me?
- How do the events of today’s reading help you better understand the grand narrative of Scripture?
Ps. 81
Why do we find it so difficult to be satisfied in God? Why do we find it so hard to trust Him? He is all that we need, in every sense of that statement. Yet we do not listen to Him. Just like the Israelites, we stubbornly go our own way. It doesn’t make sense because God is the source of all good things and there is no good apart from Him. We need to believe that with every fiber of our being to overcome the lie that anything else can satisfy.
Ps. 88
Psalms like this one always make me think of Jesus’ experience on the cross and in the grave. “LORD, why do you reject me? Why do you hide your face from me?” (Ps. 88:14). This sounds a lot like Jesus’ cry from the cross, recorded in Matthew and Mark. “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Matt. 27:46b & Mark 15:34b). What I love about it is that Jesus changes the answers to the Psalmist’s desperate questions. Yes, God DOES work wonders for the dead. Departed spirits DO rise up to praise God’s love and faithfulness. Because of Jesus, God’s wonders and His righteousness have been made known in even the darkest depths. How awesome is our God!?
Ps. 92
Praise God always, no matter how things look in the moment, because the fool does not understand that the moment is but a moment. How things seem right now are not how they are for eternity. God has told us. The wicked will be destroyed and God will be exalted. Those who oppose God may flourish for the moment, but those who trust in His righteousness will thrive forevermore.
Ps. 93
I looked up the word, “majestic”. The Cambridge dictionary defines it as, “beautiful, powerful, or causing great admiration and respect.” This Psalm points out that the most jaw-dropping thing we can see or imagine in all of creation cannot hold a candle to God’s majesty. “The LORD reigns!” (Ps. 93:1a).