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Friday Devotional:
Psalm 147:12-20
Extolling the Lord is much like praising the Lord, but it adds a twist. To extol means to praise, but here shabach means to do so by shouting out loud. Make some noise!
The psalmist lauds the safety and security God provides. The agent is always God's word. From creation throughout human history, it is God who strengthens the bars of your gates (v.13), grants shalom within your borders (v.14), fills you with the finest wheat (v.14), sends out his command (v.15), hurls down hail like crumbs (v.17), and declares his word to Jacob (v.19).
No one has seen anything like it.
At a recent musical play, our middle grandchild, who is on the autism spectrum, called out to his older brother when he appeared on stage. Nobody shushed him. It only enhanced Timon and Pumbaa's song from The Lion King about "no worries for the rest of your days." Hakuna matata, indeed! Our solemn assemblies can use some noise. The sound of silence cries out for it.
Holy Lord, I shout your name from the rooftops, for you are God-with-me. Amen.
An excerpt from Christ in Our Home
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