Psalms 5-8

Okay so I took a serious day of rest and I’m just now getting the blog done, which will hopefully get posted before this day is officially over. Lol Today we read Psalms 5-8.
Psalm 5 is actually one of the praise songs I love most. I have found myself sitting with a cup of coffee in many places around the world humming this song at 6am. If you don’t know the tune maybe you can talk me into singing it for you sometime but it’ll probably take chocolate. Lol I really connect with what the psalmist is saying here. My heart desires for God to hear me, to really hear me, and I know he does. I can have an amazing and personal relationship with God. How awesome is that? Why? Because he wants that relationship. He is a good and loving God. No evil or uncaring can be found in him. The deepness of my relationship with him is because I fear and worship him and he’s able to allow me close. Only he can give me the strength to do that. I can enjoy everything because he is good and wants good for me. It’s been difficult to remember that lately. Sometimes it seems like nothing is going right and that we’re getting smacked down at every turn. Those are the times that relying on that close relationship with God and remembering that he’s got our backs makes the biggest difference.
Psalm 6 is a little more from the aspect of being in a position of needing God’s mercy. I was very humbled by reading it. Maybe is was searching myself this morning before communion but who I am and what I need from God was very clear in my mind today. I am a sinner. I can’t help but sin. They may be small things, but to God it is unrighteousness. I need his mercy and his grace. I often think about standing in front of him and hearing him say “Well done good and faithful servant.” I can’t imagine the pain I would feel if instead I was rebuked. I also need God’s comfort. The last few years have been difficult and I can recall a few nights where, like the psalmist, I felt like I had turned my bed into a swimming pool from my tears. We can be sure that if we call on God and truly seek his path that we will be lifted up.
Psalm 7 is a reminder to those that like to whine and cry about things not being fair. I’ll tell you guys right now, life is not fair. Yes I know your parents have told you that, but I’m serious. I’m not just trying to get you to stop whining, I’m telling you how it is. We read about why its not fair. It is man’s fault. It’s nice to think that vengeance is God’s. That isn’t always going to happen out in the open. Not only do we have to trust that God’s justice is fair, but we have to trust that even when it’s not in our faces. There are a lot of bad people who are successful and blessed according to the world’s standards. We have to remember that in the grand scheme of things, this life is very short. We will have our rewards for eternity and those that choose willingly to reject God’s ways will not. That sounds awful. I know that sometimes it sounds harsh to think that God would sentence someone he loves to an eternity of pain. It’s not God’s doing, it’s ours. We are all given the chance to make that decision. That is why it’s so important to make sure that everyone we come in contact with understands exactly who God is and what Jesus offers to them.
Finally, Psalm 8 is good to a terrific psalm of praise to God and how amazing he is. All of creation shouts out how amazing he is. The miracle of a baby’s cry, the immensity of the stars, just the complexity of creation all tells us about him. Yet, with all of this creation, everything he made, he cares about us. We are his masterpiece. He loves us so much that he can’t bear to just allow us to not be with him. He had to give us a way to be in relationship with him. He cares about what is going on in our lives. He wants to be part of it. He has offered us a place of honor. For that and so much more, we should praise his name loudly.
Tomorrow’s reading is Genesis 27-28 and Matthew 7.