Saturday, March 1, 2008
Psalm 60

This psalm shares with us how helpless we are without God. The first three verses describe the wrath of God. The punishment of sin is described as "wine that makes us stagger". However, for those who fear Him, God has flown an unfurled banner to look to for courage! When we cry out to God, He will use us in different ways like how he uses Gilead, Manasseh, Ephraim, Judah, Moab, Edom and Philistia. He will also lead us back to His sanctuary and will bring our enemies to defeat, a change from the worthless human help which we might be seeking. Therefore, we must realise that we are utterly helpless without God, but can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. The last two verses from The Message translation sums it up:

"Give us help for the hard task;
   human help is worthless.
In God we'll do our very best;
   he'll flatten the opposition for good."

God bless you,
:) John