Eight
There’s
an old joke that goes something like this.
“Why was six afraid of seven?
Because seven eight nine.” Eight is a significant number. Eight legs on a spider. We work eight hours a day. There was even a wrestling faction called
Aces and Eights. But I want to show you
eight verses in one chapter and that would be Psalm 138. The whole chapter is simply eight verses and it
is all King David needs to get his points across.
138:1-2
“I
will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart, before the ‘gods’ I will sing your
praise. I will bow down toward your Holy
Temple and praise your name for your love and your faithfulness for you have
exalted above all things your name and your word.”
At
the beginning of this David humbles himself and praises God and gives him the
glory. Then he talks about God’s name
being exalted. Many years later God
exalts a name. Philippians 2:9-11”Therefore,
God exalted Him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every
name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth
and under the earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father.” The first two
verses of Psalm 138 also mentioned God’s name and his Word. In John chapter 1 Jesus is called the Word
and in verse 14 the Word became flesh but also in verse 1 Jesus is with God and
the Word was God.
138:3
“When
I called you answered me and you made me bold and stouthearted.” God made him bold and stouthearted. Now rewind to what God told Joshua years
before. Joshua 1:9 “Have I not commanded
you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged,
for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
138:4-6
“May
all the kings of the earth praise you, O Lord, when they hear the words of your
mouth. May they sing of the ways of the
Lord, for the glory of the Lord is great.
Though the Lord is on high, he looks on the lowly, but the proud he
knows from afar.”
Now
ponder this for a minute because he talked about the lowly and proud and
kings. Here’s a guy who was a shepherd
who became a king. I think he knows what
he’s talking about. Like the commercial says,
“At Farmers we’ve seen a thing or two.”
138:7
“Though
I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life; you stretch out your hand
against the anger of my foes with your right hand you save me.”
Goliath,
Saul, Philistines and many more. David had so many enemies he could shake a
stick, sling and sword at, and he did.
Then
for those of you who come to the Batcave blog because the emphasis is on
hope verse 8 is what you’ve been waiting for.
David is about to deliver the coup de grace. When your life doesn’t make sense, keep your
eyes on God.
138:8
“The
Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your love, O Lord, endures forever—do not
abandon the works of your hands.”
God’s
not done with you!
Younever let Go by Jeremy Camp
Yourlove never fails by Newsboys
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