Year 5, Day 283: Psalm 146

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Discipleship Focus: Evangelist

• Evangelist: One who looks for opportunities to proclaim the truth and is excited by it. The evangelist specializes in interacting with the world and reminding Christians that there are non-Christians in the world.  An evangelist is not timid about the faith and is often found have discussions with other people about the faith.

This psalm is in a classic juxtaposition to psalm 145.  In psalm 145 we saw a great psalm of worship directed up to God.  However, in this psalm we see that God is not the intended audience.  God is the subject of the psalm, but the people around the psalmist are his intended audience.

However, the content of the psalm is largely the same. The psalm is about the greatness of the Creator.  He is forever.  He executes justice.  He sets prisoners free.  He makes the blind see.  He gives food to the needy.  He watches over foreigners and people who are not in their homeland.

But what really makes this psalm memorable is the admonition in Psalm 146:3-4.  We are to put our trust in God, not the people around us.  That is so easily said but so incredibly hard in practice.  After all, doesn’t it make sense to put our faith in someone who will never get tired or old?  Doesn’t it make sense for us to put our trust in someone who will always be there?  But we don’t always do that.  Sometimes it is easier for us to put our faith and our trust in the flesh and blood people that are around us.  When we do that, we are wrong.  We need to be evangelized to and told not to do that.

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