Category: Daily Devotion

  O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more. Psalm‬ ‭10‬:‭17‬-‭18‬ ‭– When we begin this psalm, we get a pretty hopeless…

  And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:10 – This psalm is filled with the contrasting future of those who oppose God and those who turn to God. For those that oppose the Lord, we learn that God will ultimately…

  O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! Psalm 8:9 – When we read this psalm, one way to walk away from this psalm is seeing the glory of man on this earth for it speaks highly of mankind. David looks into the heavens and sees the billions of stars…

  Arise, O Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my enemies; awake for me; you have appointed a judgment. Psalm 7:6 – We see within the intro of this psalm that David is in agony over the words being said about him by a man named Cush from the tribe of…

  O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath. Psalm 6:1 – We aren’t sure what wrongdoing of David is causing David to feel as if the Lord is discipling him, but what we find in this psalm is a man crying out to the Lord to lessen the lesson the Lord…

  Give attention to the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to you do I pray. Psalm 5:2 – As I read over this verse a couple unique things stand out to me about David’s prayer. First King David is praying to the real King. While seated on the king’s throne, while surrounded…

  Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer! ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭4‬:‭1‬ ‭- As we study the psalms, what we see play out in this verse will be a repeated practice for David. We see David…

  But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭3‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭‭– We learn from the start of the psalm that this was looking back at the emotions and thoughts David…

  Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him. Psalm‬ ‭2‬:‭12‬ ‭‭– This psalm puts power as the world knows it into the right view. All the nations of the world could gather all their forces…

  The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Psalm‬ ‭1‬:‭4‬  ‭‭– As I sit writing this devotional our family is on vacation and I’ll looking out over the Gulf of Mexico. This is my first time ever seeing an ocean/gulf/beach/anything bigger than a lake in Kansas. As I…