How can my heart be glad during trials or even in the face of death? PSALM 16. David was faced with trials all around him, including people out to kill him. I don’t think that our situations really can compare to the degree of dependence on God that David needed to emotionally and physically survive.…
DetailsDo your walk, works, and words bear evidence of Christ in you? PSALM 15. In these five verses David asked the Lord, “Who is worthy to live in Heaven?” David knew that the only true blameless one is Jesus Christ. Although the men at that time wanted to base their righteousness on their adherence to the required law, David…
DetailsThe fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” PSALM 14. This Psalm describes the heart and actions of a foolish person. Three types of fools are in the BIble, but the one mentioned in Psalm 14 is derived from the Hebrew word “nabal” and means someone who stubbornly rejects wisdom. Nabal lived in the days of David…
DetailsWould this hardship ever be removed? I desperately wanted God to intervene, to take away the cause of this pain. It was the summer when our fourth child was in-between middle and high school. We were having a party at our home with lots of friends. Water tubing was taking place in the river behind…
DetailsHave you ever wanted to scream, “I can’t take it any longer!!” PSALM 13. David did. This Psalm is a gift to us! It shows us what David did when he was in turmoil and tired of an all-consuming, ever-returning trial. One-third of this six-verse chapter contains David’s intense plea for deliverance. He asks…
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