A good thing to remember as we read the Psalms is that they were written by a real man, experiencing real life situations and they are his Holy Spirit inspired response to them.
Psalm 146 begins with simple but astoundingly important words- "Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being."
But the next verse is much more challenging- (vs.3) "Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation. When his breath departs, he returns to the earth; on that very day his plans perish."
In these days of Covid it has been pretty tempting to trust in princes. In saying that I' not attempting to criticize our governments, because they have responded quite well, but it is easy to focus on the wrong place for our help.
The challenge is for each of us to focus correctly- to God for help. Vs.5 says, "Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God." Vs.6-10 give us 12 reasons why we should trust God rather than princes.
My challenge to you is to identify them and see how they measure up against any world leader.
for a clue (#1) God created the heaven and earth and all that is in them. A prince is limited to what he can dream up in a finite mind. (#12) The Lord will reign forever, versus a prince being limited at most to his lifetime. In other words, God's plan is eternal rather than a mere lifetime.
Who should we look to for wisdom and help? I'm going with God!
Let's praise the Lord as long as we live- incidentally, our dependence on him is a form of praise. Hmm.
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