Today I wanted to share another devotional I read by Dennis Kinlaw. In the following devotional we see that the Psalms are full of items that we can apply in our lives today. I trust this will be a blessing to you, as it was a much needed reminder for me today. "Psalm 34:1 I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips".
"It is an exciting venture to take a particular psalm and guess what in the life of the author provoked him to write it. First, read the psalm carefully to see what it says, and then try to read between the lines, relating different aspects of that psalm to life. The question becomes, "What kind of human condition would cause a person to write a psalm such as this?"
One of the things I have noticed is that if we study the book of Psalms long enough, we will find a psalm for every human situation. For moments of difficulty, moments of exultation, moments of tragedy, and moments of praise; there is a psalm that corresponds to each personal story.
Another thing I have learned about the Psalms is that many times the psalmists give their conclusion at the beginning, in contrast to the more familiar style in which a writer builds to a climax and then presents the conclusion. The psalmist will give the solution, and then the reader must work through the psalm to see what the situation was that brought the psalmist to that answer. Psalm 34 is one of those psalms whose conclusion is at the beginning, and what a conclusion it is! "I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips." Wouldn't it be great if at the end of today that was the song on our lips? Let us make that conclusion the answer to our problem of today." (Kinlaw).
As we face each day there may be times of trial or trouble. Let us not forgot to praise the Lord in the good times and in times of trial. "Oh taste and see that the Lord is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!" (Psalm 34:8)
References
Kinlaw, Dennis. This Day With the Master: 365 Daily Meditations. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2002.
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