Psalm 8

It’s been 4 weeks that I’ve been stewing on this Psalm and I’ve found it difficult to comprehend which seems odd, because on the surface it’s rather simple. There are a few main questions that have risen to the surface for me. What exactly is “majesty”? Do I have an adequate understanding of God’s majesty? And is the middle portion of the song referring to mankind in general or Jesus specifically?

Majesty In Babies

David was obviously overcome by God’s majesty. That’s the theme of the Psalm. He opens and closes in 9 short verses with an exclamation,

“O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!” (more…)

Earlier this year I got a chance to spend the day with Bob Kauflin who directs the worship ministry across the Sovereign Grace network of churches.  The entire interview was posted on Resurgence earlier this year but we broke it up into smaller pieces and are posting a chunk a day for the next week.  Bob has had a big impact on my life and he will on yours as well.  

Earlier this year I got a chance to spend the day with Bob Kauflin who directs the worship ministry across the Sovereign Grace network of churches.  The entire interview was posted on Resurgence earlier this year but we broke it up into smaller pieces and are posting a chunk a day for the next week.  Bob has had a big impact on my life and he will on yours as well.  

Earlier this year I got a chance to spend the day with Bob Kauflin who directs the worship ministry across the Sovereign Grace network of churches.  The entire interview was posted on Resurgence earlier this year but we broke it up into smaller pieces and are posting a chunk a day for the next week.  Bob has had a big impact on my life and he will on yours as well.    

Earlier this year I got a chance to spend the day with Bob Kauflin who directs the worship ministry across the Sovereign Grace network of churches.  The entire interview was posted on Resurgence earlier this year but we broke it up into smaller pieces and are posting a chunk a day for the next week.  Bob has had a big impact on my life and he will on yours as well.  

Earlier this year I got a chance to spend the day with Bob Kauflin who directs the worship ministry across the Sovereign Grace network of churches.  The entire interview was posted on Resurgence earlier this year but we broke it up into smaller pieces and are posting a chunk a day for the next week.  Bob has had a big impact on my life and he will on yours as well.  

Earlier this year I got a chance to spend the day with Bob Kauflin who directs the worship ministry across the Sovereign Grace network of churches. The entire interview was posted on Resurgence earlier this year but we broke it up into smaller pieces and are posting a chunk a day for the next week. Bob has had a big impact on my life and he will on yours as well.

Earlier this year I got a chance to spend the day with Bob Kauflin who directs the worship ministry across the Sovereign Grace network of churches.  The entire interview was posted on Resurgence earlier this year but we broke it up into smaller pieces and are posting a chunk a day for the next week.  Bob has had a big impact on my life and he will on yours as well.      

Psalm 7  

Confession

I have been meditating on Psalm 7 for weeks. After praying over it, reading, praying over it, reading, and on and on, I have had a hard time feeling much more than a practical understanding of how David went through some crazy trials in his life. v.2 ‘lest like a lion they tear my soul apart, rending it in pieces with none to deliver.’ Wow. can anyone who lives in the developed western world relate to that? Even in the toughest times, it seems like my trials pale in comparison.

But I am convinced that this is not the way I am to read scripture. In Isaiah 55, God says ‘…so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.’ Far too often, my heart opposes this truth not by blatantly denying it, but by subtly being unaffected by the truth which God intends to change my heart by.

I’m sure I’m not the only one who often comes away from time in scripture feeling this way. I’m sure many people struggle as I do to let go of their prideful apathy and allow themselves to be affected by God’s word.

After allowing the Spirit to do His work, I begin to recognize a spiritual parallel to David’s ‘lion’ metaphor… (more…)