Why would a humble person rejoice with David’s boasting in the Lord? What is there to cause David to call us to magnify the name of the Lord? In Psalm 34 David speaks about hope for the believer that is overwhelmed by situations and adversaries that seek to destroy. How is this hope relayed to the reader? We are given a first hand account of God’s faithfulness and deliverance from David. David’s life was filled with many moments of great joy and others of great despair but he continually set his heart, mind, soul and strength toward God. “I sought the Lord, and He answered me, and delivered me from all my fears.” Psalm 34:4 David knew first hand that his dependance upon God brought hope, strength and peace to his soul. The language David uses in Psalm 34 brings hope to the hurting, strength to the weak and joy to despairing because of God’s faithfulness. Continue Reading…
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Hope and promise found in God: Psalm 34
The source of true self worth imparted in 1 Samuel 1 and 2
How do you determine your personal value? Do you determine your value based upon your needs, your wants, your haves, your have nots, or on what other people say about you? This is the dilemma that faces Hannah in 1 Samuel chapter 1. She built and defined her own worth based upon the fact that she was barren and without child while Peninnah, Elkanah’s other wife, was blessed with children. The love that Elkanah has for Hannah was not the foremost thought in her mind because she had become poisoned by the lie that her value was found in what she did not upon who God was. Continue Reading…
