Jun 7, 2022
2SAMUEL 2:
David heard of Israel’s terrible defeat and of
Saul and Jonathan's deaths, and he exacted the death sentence from
the lying messenger. David and his men mourned for the deaths of
Saul and Jonathan, and David composed a funeral song for
them.
PSALM 107b:
Yesterday I commented on how quickly our
culture forgets about God. After a natural disaster, it becomes
popular in the media to talk about praying for the victims. But God
is not even mentioned, and soon any pretense of awe or fear of God
is dropped. But Psalm 107 speaks of people who see God’s hand at
work and make lasting changes. The poem ends with this
summary:
NLT The godly will see these
things and be glad,
while
the wicked are struck silent.
43 Those who are wise will take all this to
heart;
they will see in
our history the faithful love of the LORD.
ROMANS 11b:
Paul
comes to the end of a long parenthesis at the end of this chapter.
He ends with a conclusion just before a doxology:
NLT 33 Oh, how great are God’s
riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to
understand his decisions and his ways
34 For who can know the LORD’s
thoughts?
Who knows
enough to give him advice?
35 And who has given him so
much
that he needs to pay
it back?