Psalm 61-62, Psalm 64, Psalm 69
Ryan: I am very curious about how old David was when he wrote most of these songs and poems. I remember being a teenager, filled with angst, and coming up with poetry that I couldn’t even dream of today. Your emotions are at such at heightened state at that age that often they bubble over and the only way to express them is through song. Just yesterday, a former student wrote on Facebook, “I finished my poem. I really don’t mean for them to come out as kind of sad as they do it just happens.” To that, I replied with the quote from Jesus, “For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks” (Matthew 12:34). At the time he was speaking, Jesus was referring to the evil things that the Pharisees would say. However, the converse is also true: he continues, “The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him” (Matthew 12:35). So how do we know that David was a man after God’s own heart? Because we can see the overflow of his heart through his many Psalms. The wonderful praise and heartfelt petitions come straight from David’s heart and reveal his truest nature, just as did the poems and songs we wrote as teenagers.
Samantha: Another Jesus moment in the Psalms today! Remember the story of Jesus going to the temple in Jerusalem for Passover and then clearing the moneychangers out of the temple in John 2? The disciples watched Jesus do this, and they “remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me” (John 2:17). Talk about letting the word dwell in you, that you can recall an appropriate scripture at any moment (Col. 3:16)! The verse they thought of comes straight from our reading today in Psalm 69. In this psalm David talks about the evil that is committed against him even though he is blameless, and how God will provide salvation. Like the psalm from Day 110, take a few minutes to go back and re-read Psalm 69 from Jesus’ and his disciple’s perspective.
Tags: Discipleship, Faith
