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Weekly Devotional

March 1, 2010

God’s Peace be with you all.

For our devotional this week, I offer up some psalms for you to reflect on.

Psalm 77:1-20  I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, that he may hear me.  ² In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted.  ³ I think of God, and I moan; I meditate, and my spirit faints. Selah  ⁴ You keep my eyelids from closing; I am so troubled that I cannot speak.  ⁵ I consider the days of old, and remember the years of long ago.  ⁶ I commune with my heart in the night; I meditate and search my spirit:  ⁷ "Will the Lord spurn forever, and never again be favorable?  ⁸ Has his steadfast love ceased forever? Are his promises at an end for all time?  ⁹ Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has he in anger shut up his compassion?" Selah  ¹⁰ And I say, "It is my grief that the right hand of the Most High has changed."  ¹¹ I will call to mind the deeds of the LORD; I will remember your wonders of old.  ¹² I will meditate on all your work, and muse on your mighty deeds.  ¹³ Your way, O God, is holy. What god is so great as our God?  ¹⁴ You are the God who works wonders; you have displayed your might among the peoples.  ¹⁵ With your strong arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph. Selah  ¹⁶ When the waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid; the very deep trembled.  ¹⁷ The clouds poured out water; the skies thundered; your arrows flashed on every side.  ¹⁸ The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind; your lightnings lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook.  ¹⁹ Your way was through the sea, your path, through the mighty waters; yet your footprints were unseen.  ²⁰ You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Psalm 91:1-16  You who live in the shelter of the Most High, who abide in the shadow of the Almighty,  ² will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust."  ³ For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence;  ⁴ he will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness is a shield and buckler.  ⁵ You will not fear the terror of the night, or the arrow that flies by day,  ⁶ or the pestilence that stalks in darkness, or the destruction that wastes at noonday.  ⁷ A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you.  ⁸ You will only look with your eyes and see the punishment of the wicked.  ⁹ Because you have made the LORD your refuge, the Most High your dwelling place,  ¹⁰ no evil shall befall you, no scourge come near your tent.  ¹¹ For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.  ¹² On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.  ¹³ You will tread on the lion and the adder, the young lion and the serpent you will trample under foot.  ¹⁴ Those who love me, I will deliver; I will protect those who know my name.  ¹⁵ When they call to me, I will answer them; I will be with them in trouble, I will rescue them and honor them.  ¹⁶ With long life I will satisfy them, and show them my salvation.

Psalm 100:1-5   Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.  ² Worship the LORD with gladness; come into his presence with singing.  ³ Know that the LORD is God. It is he that made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.  ⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, bless his name.  ⁵ For the LORD is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

In our prayers this week:  Diane, Ann, Lisa, Robert, Catherine, and Gail H.

God’s Peace,