- The Lord is the strength of his people; he is the saving refuge of his anointed. Oh, save your people and bless your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever. Psalm 28:8-9 – As we begin this psalm, the nature of David’s words are more of the crying out for help type rather than the praising that we see in the later part of the psalm. He is in trouble and his voice is being lifted to the Lord asking for help. He refuses to be counted among the wicked and to face the same end as they will, but he knows that if the Lord doesn’t move in his life, he’ll experience the same end as the wicked he longed to be far from. Thankfully we see the Lord hear and respond to David’s plea, and at the end of the psalm David proclaims a beautiful truth that the people of God need to latch onto. The Lord is the strength of His people, and the Lord is the saving refuge. Note that not only does the Lord provide things like strength and refuge, but He IS both things for His people. He is the Shepherd that saves, blesses, and carries His people forever. Why this truth is something believers today need to latch onto is because often our prayers can be a long list of requests from the Lord. “Lord please give me ____,” or, “God, I really need you to bring ____ into my life.” While such requests aren’t wrong, let us remember it’s the Lord we need, for He IS what we need. He is the love, refuge, help, and strength we need right now. He is the shepherd, protector, and Father we need right now. Let our prayers then reflect our understanding of this truth, that over and above all other requests, we simply ask for more of the Lord in our life. For when we have Him in our life, we have everything we need. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2983
- To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. Psalms 28:1 – To you, Lord, when I am in my daily struggles to my deepest pains, I call. That was David’s heart, but how about your’s? What do you go to when the struggle arises? Yes the right answer is prayerfully coming to God for help, but often that isn’t what we do. Anger, isolation, past sins, wrong relationships. These are just a sampling of other options we can run to that unfortunately make themselves very easy to run to in our pain. We see though throughout the psalms the benefits of running to God in our pain versus anything else. Set your mind today that He will be the one you call on when the next struggle arises. While others may set themselves up as easier to run to, when they can’t offer all the help you need you’re wasting time with them. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 787
- To you, O Lord, I call; my rock, be not deaf to me, lest, if you be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. Psalm 28:1 – “…my rock, be not deaf to me…” We see throughout the Old Testament the peoples of earth crying out to the mountains and hills for protection and salvation, yet the mountains and hills remain silent. They don’t hear and don’t respond because they can’t hear and can’t respond. Yet God, our Rock, is different. He does hear and does respond. He doesn’t remain silent to our cries. He hears us from His throne in Heaven and enters into our mess to bring us the life we need. Is what you’re crying out to hearing you? Is it responding like you need it to? If your voice isn’t calling out to Jesus know then your response may be silence and I know that’s not what you need. Jesus is here and He’s inviting you to choose Him to reach out to. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1745
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