Sunday Night Psalm

Thanks for listening to this reading of Psalm 114.

I’ve included the four thoughts I spoke about with my personal takes on them below for your own meditations.

I’ve learned that as I read other meditations on Scripture, it helps spur and improve my exercise of meditating.

With that thought, I hope this spurs your own prayers and thoughts on God’s word before you close this post too quickly.

4 Thoughts on Psalm 114

1. “In singing this psalm we must acknowledge God's power and goodness in what he did for Israel, applying it to the much greater work of wonder, our redemption by Christ, and encouraging ourselves and others to trust in God in the greatest straits.” Matthew Henry

   1. I love this comment because it reminds us that Scripture is not simply a boring, repetitive, religious sounding board. As proven in the lives of the Israelites, we all have forgetful seasons of the good news of our salvation. We need rhythms of reminders to increase our worship, gratitude, inspiration, and hope in the Lord.

2. “It seemed impossible that the flinty rock should become a fountain; but he speaks, and it is done.” Charles Spurgeon

   1. God speaks to the hardest of heart (yours, mine, and all others), and they can be transformed. Pray to that end for the hard areas of personal conviction and for the hardest-hearted unbeliever in your life.

3. “We begin by joining the Lord Jesus in his life on earth as he meditates on the first exodus, from Egypt, and the second exodus, from Babylon. With him we rejoice that no power of evil, human or superhuman, could prevent God from redeeming his people.” Christopher Ash

   1. This helps us to remember that the Psalms were designed to be used in the temple worship and now aids us in our worshipping hearts today.

4. “Here is the exodus not as a familiar item in Israel’s creed but as an astounding event: as startling as a clap of thunder, as shattering as an earthquake.” Derek Kinder

   1. I find it interesting that the psalm poetically personifies the earth’s reaction to the Lord’s redeeming work to free Israel. Yet think about the account of Christ’s death. With an eclipse during midday, an earthquake accompanying it, and the dead raised from the grave and appearing to people in Jerusalem, nothing escapes the attention of this event. There is no denying the moment God redeems His people through the cross of Christ.

   2. Bless you, Lord!!

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