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1095 Devotional “Trips”!
Rix W. Tillman, D. Min
Reading assignment: __Psalm 111 through Psalm 114
Focal verse(s): Psalm 113:1-3 – “Praise the Lord. Praise, 0 servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. Let the name of the Lord be praised, both now and forevermore. From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets the name of the Lord is to be praised.”
Psalm 111 through Psalm 114 is a series of four hallelujah songs (meaning they either begin or end with the word “hallelujah”) of praise to God. The 111th Psalm is praise to God for His glorious and magnificent acts of salvation which cause us to have reverence and awe of Him. Both Psalms 111 and Psalm 112 are acrostic Psalms, with each verse beginning with an ascending letter of the 22 letter Hebrew alphabet. In Psalm 112 the accent is upon praising the Lord for his righteousness, which means because of this part of His nature that He has to judge sin. There is no option here: God is holy and just and must punish sin because righteousness is part of His nature. The 113th Psalm starts and concludes with the phrase, “praise the Lord”, which translates “hallelujah”; in nine short verses this Psalm is a hallelujah chorus to the Lord as our Creator and Redeemer. Psalm 114, also a hallelujah Psalm, was often sung at important feasts and festivals. This Psalm primarily sums up what the previous three Psalms have said about God, praising Him for being Creator and Redeemer of all mankind. Everyone has their own way of expressing praise to God. A man who had never attended church before was so overwhelmed by the Holy Spirit upon experiencing his first worship service that he came forward, gave his life to Christ, and was baptized. He didn’t know any of the words Christians use to praise God, so when he came up out of the water he shouted “Hot dog, hot dog, hot dog!” He was praising the Lord with the only vocabulary he knew! * As you conclude this devotional trip, write a brief hallelujah psalm which expresses your feeling toward God in your own words.
* Paul Lee Tan, “Encyclopedia of 7700 Illustrations: Signs of the Times” (Rockville, Maryland: Assurance Publishers, 1984), page 681, #2831.
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