Songs of Praise: Psalm 73

Let’s continue in our reading with Psalm 73.
(Click on the link to read the song for today.)

It’s Monday, and I can’t help but think of the potential a week holds. Potential for good and evil, to hurt and be hurt. An entire week looms before us, and I wonder: Are you facing enemies? Do you wonder why the wicked seem to prosper and go about life without a care in the world?

The writer of this psalm doesn’t appear to be much different than us.

It’s easy to dwell on… makes us bitter at its worst. The psalmist must have known this too. Because in the midst of the complaining something shifts.

There are times life gets us down, times when facing another week seems overwhelming. These are the times we need a shift, a shift of focus. The writer shifts his focus to his relationship with God and by the end, he is ready to tell the world.

What about you? What might happen if you shift your focus to God and tell the world?

I’ll tell you what can happen. Somebody somewhere will experience Jesus for the first time through the words we tell. So let’s get busy, let’s go! The whole wide world is waiting…