Year 5, Day 208: Psalms 65-66

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Discipleship Focus: Kingdom

• Kingdom: We live in God’s creation, but it is fallen.  We do not yet live in the fullness of God’s Kingdom.  But we do know that the Kingdom of God is drawing near.  We do get to see glimpses of the kingdom each and every time that God works in us and through us as He tries to demonstrate Himself to the world.

As we look at these two psalms, we get an incredible sense of the kingdom of God.  But what is neat about the pairing of these psalms is that one psalm is a psalm of praise and the other is an evangelistic psalm.  How can we tell the difference?  Look at the intended audience.  In Psalm 65 the psalmist is speaking to God.  That’s why we hear the psalmist often use the 2^nd voice, “you.”  In Psalm 65 the psalmist is speaking to other human beings about God.  This is a psalm of evangelism, which is why we hear the psalmist speak about God in the 3^rd voice, “He.”  It is neat to see the reminder that when it comes to relating with God, we are supposed to relate directly to Him as well as tell other people about Him.  Our relationship with God is both personal and communal.  God’s kingdom is both a personal experience and a communal experience.

So what do we know about God’s kingdom?  I think that today I’m just going to create a long bulleted list from dramatic emphasis:

• Atonement for our transgressions
• Satisfaction
• Holiness
• Goodness
• Salvation
• Hope
• Awe Inspiring
• Joy
• Abundant Provision
• Beauty
• Glory
• Power
• Worship
• Praise
• Protection
• Sacrifice
• Offering
• Vow
• Promise
• Fear
• Steadfast

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