Today, I am reading and commenting on Psalms 1-9.
Most days I try to find a single theme to focus on, but in the Psalms and the other Wisdom books (Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, etc.) there is often so much worth commenting on that I have a hard time choosing what to write. So, for today, I have chosen to pull a few things out to write about. We will see if I make a connection between them as I write.
In Psalm 1 the psalmist tells us that those who delight in God’s Law and meditate upon it will be blessed. They will be firmly planted and able to weather the storms, and droughts, of life. If you seek to understand and obey God’s Law you must not allow yourself to be influenced by those who reject His Law. In Psalm 2, the psalmist speaks of the futility of those who seek to throw off the limitations which God has placed upon us. Further on, the psalmist writes that the trouble they cause rebounds upon them, that they will fall into the pit which they have dug. As I read this I am reminded of those who attempt to use their control over information to mold people into beliefs which are contrary to God’s plan. For a time, such molding seems to work, then the very systems they have put into place begin to rebound against them. They use their tools to bring the weight of social stigma against those who seek to remain faithful to God, but God will deliver those who remain faithful, and be a shield around them against unjust attacks.
So, that did all kind of fit together, but the final bit I want to write about does not quite fit into that. The psalmist writes about how God is majestic in all the earth. In fact, he tells us that God has used the praise of children and infants to establish a stronghold. God’s strength comes from the powerless. This really strikes me as important to Christians, because we know that God’s greatest victory came through Christ’s death on the cross. God’s greatest victory over evil did not come through killing evil-doers. It came from dying. Consider, the One who made the heavens, the sun, the moon, and the stars in all of their glory, defeated death by dying. And that great God cares for all of mankind. That great God cares for you.
Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory
in the heavens.
2 Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold against your enemies,
to silence the foe and the avenger.
3 When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
4 what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?[s]
I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.
The nations have fallen into the pit they have dug;
their feet are caught in the net they have hidden.
I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.