I Got This

This weekend we’re going to be looking at a Psalm that has impacted people throughout generations. I think of Martin Luther, leader of the reformation. As he was being challenged by the Roman Emperor and threatened with imprisonment & death and standing up almost alone in the battle … discouraged, and at times depressed … feeling his world had been turned upside down (anyone been there before; anyone there now?) … he would go to to his close friend Philip and say to Philip, 'come and let us sing Psalm 46.' And from this Psalm he wrote the great the hymn, ‘A Mighty Fortress is Our God.’ Luther said of the Psalm these words, ‘We sing this Psalm to the praise of God, because God is with us and powerfully and miraculously preserves and defends His church and His word against all fanatical spirits, against the gates of hell, against the implacable hatred of the devil and against all the assaults of the world, the flesh and the sin.’ In a sense Luther is saying, this Psalm is a great antidote for all of that. If Psalm 46 will deal with all of that then Psalm 46 is a very amazing Psalm filled with truth, promise, strength, assurance, praise, comfort, peace, beauty and hope. Anyone in need of any of that this week? Looking forward to gathering with you as we continue our series in the Psalms!