Psalm 2 – The One enthroned in heaven laughs

Psalm 2 – The One enthroned in heaven laughs

In the first three verses people are plotting evil against God and God’s response in v.4 is rather surprising. He laughs. I guess it is a bit like the parent who laughs when their four year old stamps their foot and says, I’m leaving home! The parent knows...
Devotional Thought : Psalm 79:1-2

Devotional Thought : Psalm 79:1-2

“O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble. They have left the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.”...
Book Review : War Psalms of the Prince of Peace

Book Review : War Psalms of the Prince of Peace

The subtitle for, War Psalms of the Prince of Peace, is Lessons from the Imprecatory Psalms. I found this a very helpful book as it looks at the book of Psalms in a new light. In fact, James Adams’ thoughts were so new to me, that I actually read the book a couple of...
Devotional Thought : Psalm 79:1-2

Devotional Thought : Psalm 75:4-5

To the arrogant I say, “Boast no more,” and to the wicked, “Do not lift up your horns. Do not lift your horns against heaven; do not speak so defiantly.” Psalm 75:4-5 God hates arrogance and defiant speech. Arrogance comes from pride and is a refusal to acknowledge...
Devotional Thought : Psalm 79:1-2

Devotional Thought : Psalm 73:16-17

When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny. Psalm 73:16-17 So often we don’t understand God’s ways and it troubles us deeply. We see good people suffering and wicked people...
Devotional Thought : Psalm 79:1-2

Devotional Thought : Psalm 67:7

May God bless us still, so that all the ends of the earth will fear him. Psalm 67:7 The psalmist asks for blessings so that people will come to know God. God’s blessings leads to repentance. “Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and...
Devotional Thought : Psalm 79:1-2

Devotional Thought : Psalm 64:7

But God will shoot them with his arrows; they will suddenly be struck down. Psalm 64:7 It’s interesting to consider some of the “suddenlies” in the Bible: “Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the...
Devotional Thought : Psalm 79:1-2

Devotional Thought : Psalm 62:2

Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. Psalm 62:2 In Jewish thinking, rock always means bedrock, every other kind of rock is a stone because it’s movable. An example of this can be seen when Jesus responds to his...