April 8

I found myself reading the Psalms and wanting to get back to the history, to the nuance and the detail of things. I enjoyed the appointment of singers and musicians and how Kenaniah (the head Levite) was in charge of singing because he was skillful at it. Then I found myself while reading the Psalms asking God to speak to me, and He did.

God told me that the Psalms were about Him. They were cries to Him for things based on His character to bring them. Today’s reading said “ascribe glory to the Lord – ascribe strength to the Lord”, and He spoke to me. Be careful not to make Christianity about you, because it is about me.

It is easy to make my whole existence, my whole day, all about me. It is easy to make my woes, my adventures, my fears, my victories forefront in my mind, when He should be my beginning and my end. Oh God, let me not fear man nor my own failure. Let me not dwell on my troubles nor my to do list – but let me keep my mind stayed on you. You are my hope, my rock, my deliverer, in you will I trust.