DAILY MEDITATION: JULY 11TH




July 11, 2018

Today's Reading

Joshua 14-15        Psalm 146 -147        Jeremiah 7          Matthew 21

Meditation Text

Psalm 146

Investigate the Text

What does this tell me about what God does?
What does this tell me about who God is?
What does this tell me that about who I am?
What does this tell me about who I should be?


Thinking Theologically

Psalm 146 has been the inspiration of hymns in many languages. Isaac Watts (1674–1748) wrote a hymn that was largely inspired by this psalm. That hymn is still widely sung in the United Kingdom; regrettably, it is virtually unknown in North America. So it is worth reproducing here as today’s meditation:


      I’ll praise my Maker while I’ve breath;
      And when my voice is lost in death,
            Praise shall employ my nobler powers.
      My days of praise shall ne’er be past,
      While life, and thought, and being last,
            Or immortality endures.

      Happy the man whose hopes rely
      On Israel’s God! He made the sky,
            And earth, and sea, with all their train.
      His truth forever stands secure;
      He saves the oppressed, he feeds the poor,
            And none shall find his promise vain.

      The Lord gives eyesight to the blind;
      The Lord supports the fainting mind;
            He sends the labouring conscience peace;
      He helps the stranger in distress,
      The widow and the fatherless,
            And grants the prisoner sweet release.

      I’ll praise him while he lends me breath;
      And when my voice is lost in death,
            Praise shall employ my nobler powers;
      My days of praise shall ne’er be past,
      While life, and thought, and being last,
            Or immortality endures.

Carson, D. A. (1998). For the love of God: a daily companion for discovering the riches of God’s Word. (Vol. 1). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books.

A.C.T.S. Making the Word become Flesh

Adore: How can I love and adore God based on this teaching?
Confession: What do I need to confess to God based on this teaching?
Thanksgiving: What can I thank God for based on this teaching?
Supplication: What can I ask God to do based on this teaching?

Resolution

Finish your meditation with a resolution.  Resolve with my Heavenly Father's enablement to . . .

Share your some of your meditation in the comment section as a way to encourage others.

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