Our reading challenge for the day is Psalms 36-40. I’ll hit a few highlights. You make comments too and fill in the gaps. What strikes you as specially significant?
Psalm 36 - The LORD who can see our very hearts is also the one who is loving and righteous. We can trust that he will never stop loving all those who look to him in hope.
Psalm 37 - How does our God give us our hearts’ desires? He often does it through changing our desires. As we trust in the Lord he adjusts our priorities. We begin thinking his thoughts and desiring his priorities. We can then have confidence. Whatever we ask according to his will, he does.
Psalm 38 - How do we confess our sin? Is it a kind of grudging “I’m sorry” like we sometimes make the feuding seven-year-olds transact? Or do we confess specifically to our Lord what we do and how destructive it is, throwing ourselves only on his mercy?
Psalm 39 - Often when we make confession before the Lord it doesn’t seem to us that He hears and answers. What hope do we have? Our hope is not in how good our confession is or in the feelings we have. It is in God’s goodness, in the sufficiency of Christ’s death on our behalf, and in his promise of forgiveness.
Psalm 40 - The LORD comes to his people, desiring their good, not desiring more offerings. He calls us to delight in him. Then he pours out his love and faithfulness on us.
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