SUNDAY 3.5.23: The Psalms and the Gospels
As you read Psalm 91 today, you may wonder what it has to do with the book of Luke that we are reading during Lent. You see, the people of early Church, Jesus’ disciples, his mother, they all had a love for and an understanding of the Psalms. This Psalm is all about God’s protection of his people, and if you look at verses 9 -11 of Psalm 91, you will see that they are the words of Satan to Jesus during his temptation in Luke 4:9-11. God’s word is woven together carefully, and the Psalms were crucial to the early Christians in understanding the work and ministry of Jesus among them.
Prayer: Lord of all the ages, we thank you for the way your story, your Gospel, is ongoing through history. We thank you for the way you worked in the life of King David who wrote many of the Psalms, and we thank you for the life, death, and resurrection of our savior, Jesus, and that you saved us through Him. Help us to sing the words of Psalm 91 back to you in praise, “You are my refuge, my stronghold! You are my God—the One I trust.” (Psalm 91:2) In Jesus’ name, Amen.