Day 355 Bible Reading

Psalm 145: 14-15 (ESV)

“The Lord upholds all who are falling and raises up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food in due season.”

I like these lines from Psalm 145, but I often wonder about the last phrase of Line 15 – “you give them their food in due season.” I know in my greatest moments of doubt, I wonder does God hear my prayers? Does he understand my misery? Will he ever answer my prayers and give me what I want, especially when it comes to my health. But I am reminded that I am but a very, very tiny part of his kingdom. I have a role to play, and I am most of the time unaware of how my role affects others, how they further the plan he has in my mind for all us. God has his own timing, his own season, his own reasons for how and why he does things. We may only know in hindsight that the timing of when God answered our prayers was perfect and happened at exactly the right time and place. But until the insight of time and hindsight comes, we must have faith that God will respond to our prayers, and whatever the response is, it is always for the best and to fulfill God’s plan for this world.

Day 354 Bible Reading 

Palm 145: 8-13

"The Lord is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. The Lord is good to all and his mercy is over all that he has made. All your works shall give thanks to you, O Lord, and all your saints shall bless you! They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom and tell of your power, to make known to the children of man your mighty deeds, and the glorious splendor of your kingdom. Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations.” 

The Bible reading for today continued on with more of Psalm 145 and its beautiful praises of God. I used a search engine and found more songs that were based on Psalm 145. I think it would be an interesting survey to find out which is the most used Psalm for songs. Psalm 23 is the most popuar psalm, but I haven’t found any survey of which Psalm has been used the most in modern Christian music. Here’s another song that I like based on Psalm 145. 

Enjoy.

Day 353 Bible Reading

Psalm 145: 1-3 (ESV)

“I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, and his greatness is unsearchable.”

I love reading the Psalms. So many Christian songs have been made from Psalm verses. It always makes me wonder how they would have sounded during the time of King David or when Jesus was alive. Were they sung to music or spoken out loud like poetry or both.

This is one of my favorite Jesusco (formerly called Worship Mob) songs - Psalm 145 - The Lord is Great | WorshipMob original by G. Hall & Emma Graham. I used to listen to this every morning as part of my prayer time with God.

Enjoy!

Day 352 Bible Reading

Proverbs 30: 24-28 (ESV)

“Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise:
the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer;
the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the cliffs;
the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank;
the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces.”

This is an interesting passage from Proverbs 30. I see this Bible passage as saying that no matter what your size is or your condition in life, if you have wisdom you can do many and mighty things. I know that I often think I can’t do something because I’m this, that, or the other, and I give up on doing the thing at all. Perhaps God is reminding me that if I pray and follow God’s wisdom, I will be able to do the thing I want to do. Okay, so maybe I can’t be a rock star or professional sports player or whatever, but at least I can become really good at the thing I am trying to do, and God will show me that this experience will teach me lessons I needed to learn to excel in the purpose he has for me.