Whoever offers a thanksgiving sacrifice honors me, and whoever orders his conduct, I will show him the salvation of God (Psalm 50:23 CSB). Our covenant with God no longer requires animal sacrifice to atone for our sins. Jesus completed that work on the cross, but that doesn’t mean we don’t...
But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, for He will take me (Psalm 49:15 CSB). Perhaps the greatest fear in life is death itself, and that’s what Sheol is. It is a place of darkness, cut off from God, where the Hebrew people believed we would...
God, within your temple, we contemplate your faithful love. Like your name, God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with justice (Psalm 48:9-10 CSB). How often do we dwell on the love of God? Is it something we just do on...
Sing praise to God, sing praise; sing praise to our King, sing praise! (Psalm 47:6 CSB) There has been a movement in the last six Psalms from a feeling that God is far away to the confidence that God is very near. Often in our spiritual walk, there can be...
God is our refuge and strength, a helper who is always found in times of trouble. Therefore we will not be afraid, though the earth trembles and the mountains topple into the depths of the sea (Psalm 46:1 & 2 CSB). God isn’t just sometimes present, He is always present!...
I will cause your name to be remembered for all generations; therefore the peoples will praise you forever and ever (Psalm 45:17 CSB). The heading of this Psalm designates it as “a love song,” and the words that follow are filled with the same kind of hope and joy we...
God, we have heard with our ears- our ancestors have told us- the work you accomplished in their days, in days long ago: Rise up! Help us! Redeem us because of your faithful love (Psalm 44:1 & 26 CSB). Have you ever felt like God is there for everyone but...
Why, my soul, are you so dejected? Why are you in such turmoil? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him, my Savior and my God (Psalm 43:5 CSB). This same line from Psalm 42 is repeated at the end of this short Psalm, and it is...
Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your billows have swept over me. (Psalm 42:7 CSB) If you’ve ever swam too deep in choppy water, then you know the feeling of being adrift in what seems like a turbulent sea. Deep water is...
These are the command and ordinances the LORD commanded the Israelites through Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho (Numbers 36:13 CSB). The Book of Numbers ends with the people of Israel about to cross the Jordan River and fight the city of Jericho. The...