Charles H. Spurgeon said, 'the delightful study of the Psalms has yielded me boundless profit and ever-growing pleasure ...' This series of devotions focuses on Psalm 34, written by King David in response to an actual event when he feared for his life. But he has written these words as an encouragement for all of God’s people. The psalm is carefully structured as an acrostic poem to make it easier to remember for its original Hebrew audience. For people like us, the important thing is that David’s words are God’s words for when life is full of perplexity, pain, doubt, shame and fear. They remind us that refuge is found in our Lord and Saviour. Each devotion unpacks one idea from the Psalm. I’d love to encourage you to read Psalm 34 each day — quickly or slowly. At the end of each devotion, there will be a link to a song. Some choices are reflective, while others are songs of praise. If my choices are not to your taste, why not find a song that you find encouraging and uplifting and listen to this instead.
Author: Sarah Condie
Sarah is a Co-Director of the Mental Health & Pastoral Care Institute with her husband Keith. The Institute is a program of Anglican Deaconess Ministries (ADM). ADM is a ministry that inspires and empowers Christian women to bring the love of Jesus to a hurting world through education, compassionate ministries, community and public gospel witness.