May 18 - Psalm 75-78

Good morning everyone,

Today we have four more of the twelve psalms of Asaph. Who exactly is Asaph? Well, as I have mentioned before he was a young priest from the tribe of Levi and one the three music directors David used, serving him for his entire rein as king. Asaph was so talented that David put him in charge of the music that went before the ark when he was but in his twenties and he held that position for forty years. Asaph actually saw David’s death, the crowning of Solomon and the building of the Temple and all of the love and war that went on in those years, including the murder of his brother.  Asaph was a very godly man, a very credible man, who was able to accurately reflect the sign of the times through his poetry or psalms. 

Now, Psalms 75-76 are super cool, especially when you know the back story of when and why they were written, you can find that in 2 Kings but we will get there in a month or so if you want to just wait. What I really want to address this morning is Psalm 78, it is a Maskil or a Maschil, depending on what Bible you are looking at, which means it is a teaching psalm. God had commanded that the stories of the history of Israel be passed down from parents to children for generation after generation and Psalm 78 serves to remind us to teach our children. At the risk of sounding “preachy” we too need to be passing the story of Jesus, how much He loves us and the price He paid for us, along to our children. 

We can not expect our kids to do well in a world that is, well just that, worldly, if we are not taking the time to prepare them for it, if we are not passing on the stories from the Bible to them at a very young age. We encourage them to learn to walk, help them use the correct words when they begin to talk, we send them to school to get educated in math and world history, and yet, friends, how many of us are disciplined in getting our kids in the Word of God every day? There is nothing more important than passing on the stories of God’s mighty power, nothing as comforting as knowing the grace and compassion of Jesus, and it is ever so reassuring to rest in the direction of the Holy Spirit. Our kids, more than anything else in the world need to have God’s Word hidden in their hearts. Proverbs 22:6 says “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” Deuteronomy 11:19 tells us, "Teach them to your children, talking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.” How are we all doing with that?

I’m obliged to say that we must also be good role models. Training our kiddos isn’t only about teaching them the words of God, but about acting out what a Christian, a child of God looks like every single day. Being a 1 Corinthians, “Love is patient, love is kind, type of person. Yes? Good role models in all we do. If you want them to look at you when you’re trying to tell them something, then turn off your screen when talking to look at them. If you want them to talk kind about others, so should you. If you want them to read and know God’s Word, then let them see you doing it. Make sense? In every media the enemy is fighting, is devising a scheme for our kids to look like the world. May I suggest that at home they see, they get a huge picture of what it looks like to be a child of Christ. Our kids are so worth it. Amen?

Have a great day and to God be the glory.

God bless you all …