Reality Psalms

April 3, 2017

Reality Psalms

Praise the Lord, the God of Israel,

    who lives from everlasting to everlasting.

Amen and amen!

Psalm 41:13

The Bible, especially the Book of Psalms, presents the reality of living in a world fractured and broken by sin. The psalms do not hide or deny sin, evil and a world hostile to God. Over and against the reality of this world, the Psalms present God the Father, who is ever seeking to repair the breech in His creation, whose mercies never come to an end, and whose love and faithfulness are sufficient to meet our every need.

In Psalm 41, the psalmist is struggling with his own sin, his illness, the hostility of his enemies and the betrayal of his friends. Welcome to “Reality Psalms.” In the face of this crisis, the psalmist cries out to God with an expectation that God will be his deliverer, his healer, his protector. He goes to God expecting to receive forgiveness and the blessing of dwelling in the presence of God, eternally.

Like the psalmist, we get to choose this day how we want to live. We can choose to deny the sin and evil in this world. We can choose to accept the reality of living in a broken world and live in despair. Or, we can choose God. We can choose to run to God with an expectation that God will be our deliverer, our healer, our protector. We can go to God expecting to receive forgiveness and the blessing of dwelling in the presence of God, eternally.

“. . . Choose today whom you will serve. But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15).

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com. The BLOG is also available on Amazon Kindle, by subscription.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.