{"id":3494,"date":"2020-06-27T14:42:02","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T21:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3494"},"modified":"2020-06-27T14:42:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T21:42:11","slug":"hobart-herd-devotional-psalms-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3494","title":{"rendered":"Hobart Herd Devotional – Psalms 52"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 52 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   In order to understand the background of\nthis Psalm, you need to read 1 Samuel 21-22. \nThis is the story of David going to the town of Nob, where the priests\nlived and asking Ahimelech the priest for food. \nAhimelech had nothing but the bread from the tabernacle that was\nreplaced daily to give David.  So he gave\nDavid the bread and blessed him before the Lord.  Doeg, the Edomite witnessed this and brought\nthe word to King Saul.  Saul then went\nand had Doeg kill Ahimelech and his whole family and wipe out the town of\nNob.  Only Abiathar, a son of Ahimelech\nfled and was saved.  He then joined\nDavid\u2019s followers and became an important priest who set Solomon on the throne\nof David when David was on his death bed. \n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   The first four verses describe the man Doeg\nand his betrayal of David to Saul.  He\nwas a man with a deceitful tongue of evil; and a heart that loved evil and\nriches instead of loving God and righteousness. \n Psalms 52:1     Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The\nlovingkindness of God {endures} all day long.(NAS)  This verse sets the stage and the argument\nfor the whole Psalm.  Man may boast in\nevil and seem to gain riches by his deceitful and lying tongue, but the God of\nlovingkindness endures and is around to see that the righteous are rewarded and\nthe evil are brought to justice.  We need\nto be reminded of this today as the cry for justice resounds throughout our\nnation and the world.  In the end, the\nGod of lovingkindness and justice will prevail!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   The key verses for me are the last verses of\nthis Psalm; 8   But as for me, I am like\na green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God\nforever and ever.  9   I will give Thee thanks forever, because\nThou hast done {it}  and I will wait on\nThy name, for {it is} good, in the presence of Thy godly ones.(NAS)   We need to trust and stand strong in the\nlovingkindness of our eternal God.  We\ncan wait in assurance that He will provide the victory over evil and bring His\nlove, righteousness and strength to His \u201cgodly ones\u201d.  We need to wait in faith on the victory that\nis ours in the Lord\u2019s name.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, we feel betrayed by this world, and\nthose we thought we could trust.  But we\nwill trust in Your name and ability to deliver and bring justice.  Even when it costs lives we know that the God\nof eternity has it in control.  We praise\nYou for Your lovingkindness and righteous justice looking forward to the day\nwhen You make all things right and new. \nOur faith is in You and Your name will carry us through!  In Jesus Name, Amen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 52    In order to understand the background of this Psalm, you need to read 1 Samuel 21-22.  This is the story of David going to the town of Nob, where the priests lived and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3494"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3495,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3494\/revisions\/3495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}