A NEW PSALM

READING PSALM 68:32-35

Verse 33: “To Him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old! Indeed, He sends out His voice, a mighty voice.”

Psalm 68 is inspiring as David the great psalmist establishes the power, glory, goodness, faithfulness and worthiness of the Lord. David had a way of using words to create superlative pictures of God. He could then take those images and then raise them up to a higher level showing God as being even greater than first pictured. For example, in the verse above he describes the Lord as One who rides on a heaven - but more. David elevates Him from that height to the very heaven of heavens. Later, in verse 35 the Psalmist begins with connecting God with the holy places. These places were the ultimate. to the people of Israel, they were sacred and totally exclusive locations. Then David wrote that even as holy as these places were, that God is even more awesome. That brings us to a challenge. Would you dare to do a little psalm writing of your own? If so, maybe you can start with thinking of  something you consider to be great and describing that greatness. Then you can entertain thoughts of the Lord’s greatness as exceeding what you have described, and reaching a supreme greatness. We know that your psalm of God’s greatness won’t get into the Bible as David’s did. However, you can honor the Lord with it and you can be blessed by doing so. Will you create a psalm unto the Lord? That’s a thought – about God’s Word.

RESPONSE

Today’s response is just your psalm.