Tag Archives: Psalms

“I believe I shall look upon the goodness of the Lord in the land of living!” Psalm 27:13 How about you? What are you expecting in 2017? Psalm 27 can serve us as we consider the year to come. The psalm describes David’s ambition (27:1–6) and David’s expectation (27:7–14). Last week we considered David’s sole ambition in Psalm 27:4. This week it would serve us to consider his expectation in 27:13. As the first half of the Psalm describes David’s resolve to gaze…

Yesterday, I preached my first sermon of the New Year from Psalm 27. This Psalm highlights David’s one thing, his single ambition: “One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after…to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord.” Psalm 27:4 There is not a greater ambition for 2017 than this ambition, that we might deepen our admiration of God and our affections for God by gazing upon the beauty of God. There are many ways to do this,…

“Those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!” Psalm 126:5 If your soul is weary today, then the Psalmist would like to have a word with you. If you have prayed and worked and served and prayed some more about something or someone—with no apparent fruitful outcome—then the psalmist would like to fortify your soul with a certain hope. He wants to remind you that you are in a season of sowing. Are you acquainted with the…

So, what makes you laugh? You can tell a lot about a person by what makes them laugh. As the psalmist reflects on his experience of liberation from captivity by the gracious intervention of God he describes the response of those set free: “Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy.” Psalm 126:2 Why all the laughter? What’s up with these shouts of joy? Laughter and joy was the appropriate response to their sudden and…

“So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90:12 Looking for some direction and inspiration for 2016? Look no further. Have I got a Psalm for you: Psalm 90. This is Moses’ only contribution to the Psalms. And what a contribution it is. Each day, I do pretty much all I can to avoid making eye contact with death. I don’t want to be reminded about death. I don’t want to be…