Psalm and Praise, Day 26 Are we willing to have God test us? Read Psalm chapter 26. As we read through this chapter, we see David reminding God that he has been his advocate and warrior, and now God should defend him. How many of us would be bold enough to tell God that he has the right to test us and to judge us? How many of us would want God to review the contents and details of our life? The fact remains that God knows all of those details already. We need to surrender ourselves to him and humble ourselves and allow God to show us the parts…

Psalm and Praise, Day 25 Teachable. Read Psalm chapter 25. As David is sharing to the Lord, he prays to be teachable. I have known many people throughout my lifetime who have been profoundly smart and amazing people, but the very best of those are the ones who realize they don’t know it all yet. They continue to be teachable and trainable. They desperately desire to know and understand how they could do something better or more efficiently. Are we that kind of person? Do we recognize that we have shortcomings that only God can fill and are we coming to him with a desperate desire to be taught? Are…

Psalm and Praise, Day 24 He is glory. Read Psalm chapter 24. This is one of my favorite psalm. As I read through, I’m always struck by the power and majesty of the God of the universe. He is worthy of so much honor and glory. He has all of the power and might. As the chapter ends it reminds us that he is the Lord of glory. We cannot truly think about the word glory and not think about our Lord and savior. We cannot understand glory outside of understanding who God is. Are we worshipping and celebrating God for his glory today?

Psalm and Praise, Day 23 The darkest valley. Read Psalm 23. Through the years I have read this chapter often. I’ve seen it on pictures or quoted by others. Every time I read it, I am struck by a different part of the chapter. Today, what strikes me is the darkest valley. I have been going through a valley. What matters most to me is not that I won’t be afraid, but that God says he will be with me. No matter what valley God has for me to walk through, he will be with me. i am so thankful that God is with me, even through the darkest valley.

Psalm and Praise, Day 22 Alone. Read Psalm chapter 22. The first verse of this psalm has the distinction of having been quoted by Jesus the cross. As he hung there and felt the separation that our sin created, he cried out to God about being alone. There are so many times that we feel alone. We need the presence of the Lord and when we don’t feel it, that separation can seem overwhelming. However, our feelings are not truth. Even though David felt alone as he shared this psalm, the truth is that he was never alone. As we come to the end of the psalm, we see all…

Psalm and Praise, Day 21 What do we praise God for? Read Psalm chapter 21. Often we know and understand that we should praise God. We see a number of verses throughout scripture that indicates the need that we have to praise God. But what do we praise him for? What are the qualities and characteristics about Christ that are praiseworthy? As we look into scripture, we see so many opportunities to offer our praise and adoration of the God of the universe. Here, we see that God is to be praised for his strength. As we think about the quality of strength, what does that mean? God is physically…

Psalm and Praise, Day 20 Chariots and horses. Read Psalm chapter 20. I don’t really trust in chariots and horses these days, but I know a lot of people who trust in money or power or planning or friendships or any number of other things. As we read this verse, we can see that anything else that we might be placing our trust in falls short when compared to trusting God. What are we placing our trust in? Anything besides God is going to fail us.

Psalm and Praise, Day 19 Our hidden faults and sins. Read Psalm chapter 19. As we look at this chapter, we see such praise and love of God’s Word. The Word of God allows us to see who we really are. It shows us truth in comparison to all of our failures. Then we see David’s prayer to God to help him to see his hidden failures. We can sin in so many ways and sometimes, we don’t even realize it at the moment. As we pray, we can always ask God to give us deeper level of repentance. As we continue to learn more about God, we learn more…

Psalm and Praise, Day 18 Perfect, proven shield. Read Psalm chapter 18. The Lord provided his word to us and we are so thankful he did. His word is perfect and he is proven. We can allow him to defend us as he is our shield. Are we seeking him?

Psalm and praise, Day 17 Where is your reward? Read Psalm chapter 17. This is another song where David shares his struggles, trials, and difficulties with the people of the world. He is being attacked and is under persecution from his enemies. How does he respond? David goes to God, of course. in this song, he makes an interesting statement. David asks to be saved from the people whose reward is here on Earth. He doesn’t ask to be saved from evil people. He doesn’t ask to be saved from people who want to harm him. David asks to be saved from the people whose reward is here on Earth.…