Pastor’s Blog
Unknown Territory: Psalm 139:9-10
What place on this planet seems the most foreign to you? Would you be most out of place in the big city or out in the solitude of the mountains, forests, or deserts of the world?
Psalm 139:9-10 says, “If I take the wings of the morning” —that means going east— “and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me” (ESV).
Conscience: Psalm 103:13-14
Thank God for the conscience! It's like the moral pain center. Without the experience of pain, which no one likes, we'd get hurt worse and worse. The saying in the gym is, "If it hurts, stop." And without the conscience, we'd go deeper and deeper into sin until consequences became irrevocable.
The Fight: Psalms 57 & 142
When David was on the run, hiding to save his life, he wrote two psalms about living in caves. During that period, sometimes he felt hopeful and encouraged (Psalm 57), and at other times he felt hopeless and discouraged (Psalm 142). In both, he is up and down, fighting for faith.