I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Psalms 68-71.

    I struggle with the violent imagery of Psalm 68, but a key to understanding it comes in verse 5. There the psalmist tells us that God is father to the fatherless and the defender of widows. Which gives us an idea about what sort of people the psalmist is directing his violent imagery against, it was directed against those who attempted to take advantage of the defenseless. As we read on into the rest of today’s psalms, we see the psalmist admit that he was foolish to sin. As a result of those sins he is suffering and in deep despair. However, because he confessed his sin and begged God for mercy he became an example to many. Let us also live lives which will be an example to many. Not because we live lives that appear to be sinless, but because we are willing to admit that we are not perfect, that we have sinned. Let us set the example of confessing our sins and begging God for forgiveness. Let us fill our lives with a passion for serving God that will bit by bit force the sin out of our lives, not because we are such good and wonderful people, but because God’s Spirit will fill us and leave no room for sinful desires.