Today I'm looking at Psalm 20
I first looked at this Psalm in some depth in 2001 for a devotional time at a CEF committee meeting and then I was drawn back to it in 2004 for a devotional at a Ladies prayer meeting and yet again this week it was this Psalm I felt I wanted to go to.
Looking at this in the order of the verses:
V. 1-3
May God answer you, protect you, send you help, support you, remember your offerings, have favour on your sacrifices.
V. 4-5
May God grant your heart's desire, fulfill your plans and your petitions.
V. 6
The Psalmist knows that God will help, answer, bring salvation.
V. 7-8
Because of all this
We trust in God
We rise and stand and are not fallen down
V. 9
The Psalmist cries out to God in confidence.
This Psalm is like David proclaiming a Blessing on us and we should accept it like that.
What more could we look for (v4)
The answer to all of our prayers (v5)
There is something else that stands out in verses 1 & 7
The name of the Lord is so important.
The name of the Lord defends us and we must remember the name of the Lord
That is where our trust must be.
We can trust in the Name of the Lord
What else does this Psalm teach us to do?
We should be like David and speak blessings on each other.
To Bless someone means to wish them every happiness by invoking divine favour upon them.
We should also Bless God.
What does it mean to Bless God?
It means we are to extol Him as Holy.
To me the focus of this Psalm is acknowledging
the greatness of God's blessing
to us and through us
to us and through us
and
the trust we can have in His Name.