Julie
Today we go through 3 kings. The first is Manasseh who begins his reign by doing wrong in the eyes of the Lord, but repents and the Lord forgives him. He lives out the rest of his life in service to the Lord. Upon his death his son, Amon, becomes king. During his short reign he does wrong in the eyes of the Lord. The last one is Josiah who begins he reign at the age of 8. He does right in the eyes of the Lord. He finds the book of the commandments and realizes that no one has been living the laws of the Lord and asks what will happen because of that. The Lord says, that he will punish those that are not living according this word, but that since Josiah has followed the Lord he and all of those that follow as well will be taken care of.
This psalm is asking to God to rescue them from the enemy. Since there is constant prayer and praise around this they also ask that God not forsake them when they are weary and struggling from the constant battle that they are facing.
Michelle
It seems again we are back and forth. Once the book is read and they are humbled then they choose to follow, but are lead astray again and then come back to God. Something I realized today is that there have been multiple female prophets. It says often that the prophet is a wife of someone.
Reading this psalm I had the same or similar understanding as you did. The devotional attached gave me a different perspective. It's called Unshakeable Confidence. It talks about what do we really rely on to give us confidence. When we are called to do something do we question if we are the right person or do we have the right skills to do it? It tells us that if we only rely on ourselves, we will not be qualified for whatever we are called to do, but if we rely on God asking the question," Can God do this through me?", then we should be finding a Yes answer. It says when the psalmist boldly proclaimed his dependence upon God, he knew that every breath he had taken had occurred because God had given it. As we go through things in life, challenges or callings or changes, we should rely on God placing our unshakeable confidence in him to get us through. This was a pretty powerful devotional. Some other affirmations listed are; "I can do all this through him who gives me strength; With God all things are possible; My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness; Nothing is to hard for the Lord; In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us".
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