Sunday, July 10, 2016

Sun.’s Devo - Our Great Savior and Deliverer

Read: Ps. 115, 116, 117, 118
In Psalm 115, the psalmist describes the idols that the people worship. They sound like things we worship in our society. Things that aren’t alive like television, our phones, computers, etc. “And those who make idols are just like them, as are all who trust in them.”
In our world, it is easy to want to live someone else’s life or get so drawn into video games that you lose time you could be creating or thinking or doing. I wonder how much time we waste a day. I wonder what we could be doing in that time.
Our next psalm talks about being saved from death. He is talking about a literal death and real chains. God has delivered us from a spiritual death and spiritual chains which is eternal.
You can almost imagine Psalm 118 being sung. It has so many lines that are repeated. “His faithful love endures forever.” “It is better to take refuge in the Lord.” “I destroyed them all with the authority of the Lord.” Things that are repeated in songs are repeated so we will meditate on those words. These lines are great for meditating on. He cries to the Lord for salvation and success and ends in exalted praise.
Lord, we give thanks to You, for You are good. Your faithful love endures forever.

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