Psalms for Life

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Psalm 36:5-10 “Your steadfast love, O LORD, extends to the heavens, your faithfulness to the clouds. Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O LORD. How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light. Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you, and your righteousness to the upright of heart!”

More often than not I meditate on New Testament passages, but recently I’ve been going through the Psalms and writing down all the verses pertaining directly to worship. I’m doing it for my own personal walk with God while also working towards using more Scripture in our worship services. So far I’m loving it! The Psalms are great for reminding us of the grandeur of our God and His loving condescension. His steadfast love, His faithfulness, His righteousness, etc. These are such paramount, life-changing truths!

I love the metaphors the psalmists use in helping communicate truth. David, in Psalm 18 talks about how in his distress he cried for help and his cry reached the very ear of God. The whole earth quakes as God then flies on the wings of the wind, consumed with a glowing-hot fury as He swoops down to rescue His child. God did all that because of one desperate cry. What a passionate, fervent love our God has for His own!

So let me encourage you to go to the Psalms. If all of life is worship, why not go to the inspired songbook as a God-given resource for life helps? God definitely uses it to straighten out my thinking and I think He’ll do the same with you.

-Jonathan Jarret

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