Psalm 76 & 77

So yesterday I had a training day in the city, it was ok but what was even better was having breakfast with lovely friends Bec and Jo!

I also read Psalm 76 on the bus in, Its another one praising God for his judgement on those who oppose him and his people.

"In Judah God is known, His name is great in Israel.
His tent is in Salem, his dwelling place in Zion."

Today was Psalm 77

The psalmist feels abandoned by God and that he is not there to comfort, but then he remembers what God has done in the past, his powerful deeds and especially his deeds of salvation (eg the Exodus).

Its so that when you feel like God has abandoned you you need to remember what he has done in the past, what promises he has kept and the that he is a good who does what is right. I once remember a college lecturer asking me, when i was down, if i thought God was good, and i said yes and then he asked if i thought God was good to me, and i had to pause and think a really long time before i could say yes. Even in the depths of pain God IS good and reminding ourselves of who he is and what he is like makes all the difference.

"Your ways, O God, are holy,.
what god is do great as our God?
You are the God who performs miracles
you display your power among the peoples.
With your mighty arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph."