Today’s passage: Psalm 148
Helpful thoughts:
- God is the creator and rightful ruler of all things. He is worthy of all praise and obedience!
- The Jewish people are not the only ones who are to praise the Lord. God’s sovereignty extends over the “Kings of the earth and all peoples.”
- Raising up a horn is a figure of speech which refers to a display of power. It’s possible this psalm was written after the return from exile, a time of victory for Israel.
Questions to consider:
- How do the sun, moon, stars and the rest of nature praise the Lord? What do they declare? (Psalm 19:1-6)
- If God showed gracious favor to Israel and wants all nations to praise Him, what must one of the purposes have been for Israel? What/Who was the world to see when they looked at Israel? Who is the world to see when they look at the Church today?
- In what way was the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus the greatest display of God’s power? In Christ, how has God and how will God “raise up a horn for His people?”