Psalms 81/88/92-93/104

We were at Busch Gardens recently and our oldest is turning ten this summer and is able to ride some roller coasters that were previously beyond his reach. He was on Apollo's Chariot with some friends of ours and turned around to tell them how awesome the ride had been (they were sitting in the row behind him) not realizing that around that last turn was NOT the end of the ride but rather another huge dip. You should have seen our friends re-enacting his expression as the car began to drop unexpectedly!

These Psalms are the spiritual equivalent of Apollo's Chariot...just when you thought things were calming down! There are times we feel so full of faith that we are ready to try and cast that mountain into the sea (Matthew 21:21). And, there are times when we feel as though we are despairing of life itself (Psalm 22:1 and Matthew 27:45-46)...and sometimes, they are all in the same day!

I would certainly say that such swings should not characterize our lives, meaning that such swings should not define our lives as a fully devoted follower of Christ. But when they come, and any student of Scripture cannot deny that they will, we must have a plan, as David did, even as Jesus did, to settle ourselves.

Psalm 104 is the settler. Immersing ourselves in who He is, what He has done, all that He is capable of, and realizing that He will leverage all the power of heaven for one child, you, me...peace floods our soul, calm is restored, all is well...until the next turn!

Pastor Fred