Devotion:
Read Psalm 71:5-14.
In this passage it seems that the psalmist is in his old age and sees his life as a testimony of all God has done for him. He finds himself approaching the last lap of his journey in the service of God, he has run a good race, he has kept the faith, and he pleads with God for strength to finish well.
We learn he has been a faithful follower since childhood and knows that his hope has always been in God. He praises God and calls him his strength and protection. And then the psalmist gives detail of the threatening circumstances of his old age. We learn his strength is failing, his enemies are whispering against him, and there are plots to kill him.
Yet he vows to keep on hoping for God’s help and vows to praise him more and more. What a testimony of faith and hope even in difficult circumstances! As I grow older, it is my desire to be a person who continually praises the Lord for who he is and what he has done in my life and through my life.
With all the despair in the world around us, we can find hope in the God who will never abandon us.
Personal Worship Option:
The lyrics to the song “The Goodness of God” expresses the attitude of the Psalmist and are a good reminder to respond to God’s faithfulness with our praise.
And all my life you have been faithful
And all my life You have been so, so good
With every breath that I am able
Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God
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