- Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation; they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it. Psalm 22:30-31 – Immediately beginning reading this psalm we see two things. First, we see David is in some intense trouble, pushing him to the brink of death. Second, we see verses and phrases that are familiar to us when it comes to the crucifixion story of Jesus. Things like, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me,” and the idea of piercing his hands and feet and the dividing up of his garments. While certainly this was a psalm of David during a trial for him, Jesus later took this psalm and claimed it to be about Him. Our verses above though are the last two verses in this psalm filled with agony and feelings of abandonment. It says that the rescue the Lord finally brought was so good that it will be told to all generations to come. Even to those not alive yet, and even to those not alive yet in Christ, the salvation the Lord brought will be proclaimed from the hill tops. The psalmist’s heart with this psalm, and my heart with this devotion, it to help the reader realize that no matter how deep the agony and feeling of abandonment from the Lord may be, His salvation is coming. For David was in the lowest of places, and Jesus was nailed to a cross; both being places it would appear no help could ever save from. Yet the Lord came and the Lord saved. So will He in your deep places of hurt. Seek the Lord in those deep valleys of despair and wait upon the Lord. The rescue may not come in when you desire it, but the Lord always provides rescue for His people, even if that rescue is walking us into Heaven. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2977
- O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest. Yet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel. In you our fathers trusted; they trusted, and you delivered them. Psalms 22:2-4 – This is how we should move forward during a season of struggle. David is vulnerable to God saying he’s crying out to God but currently not finding the break he needs. He though reminds himself that God is holy and that God came through for those before him that trusted in God. We must too remember that God is holy. He is perfect in all of His ways. Know God is worth trusting in and has a purpose for what He does. He’s come through for you before, and come through for all those who trusted in Him for all eternity past, and He will come through for you now. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 782
- I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you. Psalm 22:22 – The psalmist begins his writing by sharing how broken he is. How his enemies are surrounding him and attacking him relentlessly. He is drained of all strength and cries out to God for rescue. What we see in the verse right before our passage today is that God comes through with the needed rescue. Now, as a result of being rescued, the psalmist begins to declare the name of God to those around him. He was rescued and wants to share with others the power and mercy of the one who rescued him. We too must remember we’ve been rescued from sin by Jesus. If we are in a relationship with Jesus then we’ve been rescued from the sin and death that encompassed us. As a result of that rescue, how much is God’s power and mercy something we are talking about with those around us? The psalmist couldn’t hold it in, how about us? If you’ve been rescued by Jesus, talk about it with others and help them realize they too can find rescue in Him. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1739
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