Each Sunday I choose a Psalm and write down some brief thoughts on it.
Today I'm looking at Psalm 136
This Psalm falls into 5 parts:
V. 1-3
God
V. 4-9
Creation
V. 10-22
Redemption
V. 23-25
Love
V. 26
Hope
This Psalm starts and ends with two almost identical verses - verse 1 and verse 26
However they are each placed specifically at those important points.
God.
He is the God of gods and the Lord of lords.
He is Good, He is Merciful and He is Love and His goodness, mercy and love will never end.
How could we not be thankful?
He is full of wonder and creative power.
All that is on, above and around the earth was made by Him.
Redemption.
He provided our Salvation right from the start.
Our lives should be a witness to that.
Love.
He is the one who always sees, cares, and acts on behalf of His people.
Hope.
Even though we have not seen Heaven or can properly understand Heaven we believe in God so we believe in Heaven because we know His love is not going to end.
The Psalm is a portrait of our lives with Him.
How He is good to us and draws us
through our knowledge of
His Greatness, Salvation and Love
to the culmination of a
Home
perfectly prepared for us by Him.
Home
perfectly prepared for us by Him.
This is a Psalm which some might say is simply repetitive.
But
this is really a Psalm of recognition on our part of how worthy God is to be praised
over and over again.
This is a Psalm which uses the history of the world to highlight the Love of God
to His people
and
to lead us to
the Eternal Hope we have in Heaven - our home with Him!
to His people
and
to lead us to
the Eternal Hope we have in Heaven - our home with Him!
