| Psalm 118:15-29 The Voice 15 In the tents of the righteous soldiers of God,
there are shouts of joy and victory. They sing:
“The right hand of the Eternal has shown His power.
16 The mighty arm of the Eternal is raised in victory;
the right hand of His has shown His power.”
17 I will not die. I will live.
I will live to tell about all the Eternal has done.
18 The Eternal has taught me many lessons;
He has been strict and severe,
but even in His discipline, He has not allowed me to die. 19 Open wide to me the gates of justice
so that I may walk through them
and offer praise and worship to the Eternal. 20 This is the gate of the Eternal;
the righteous children of God will go through it. 21 I will praise You because You answered me when I was in trouble.
You have become my salvation.
22 The stone that the builders rejected
has become the very stone that holds together the entire foundation.
23 This is the work of the Eternal,
and it is marvelous in our eyes.[a]
24 This is the day the Eternal God has made;
let us celebrate and be happy today.
25 O Eternal One, save us, we beg You.
O Eternal One, we beg You, bring us success! 26 He who comes in the name of the Eternal will be blessed;[b]
we have blessed You from the house of the Eternal.
27 The Eternal is the True God;
He shines His light on us.
Let the feast begin.
Bring the sacrifice, and tie it to the horns of the altar.
28 You are my God, and I give You thanks;
You are my God, and I praise You.
29 Give thanks to our Eternal Lord; He is always good.
He never ceases to be loving and kind.
For Reflection
"When Maya Lin created the Vietnam War Memorial Wall, she ran into all kinds of opposition. Key among the critics was the U.S. military. They wanted to put a huge flag behind the Wall flanked by immense statues of soldiers in full battle dress, signifying victory. But she resisted, because she wanted the Wall to be a memorial to the dead. She said, “We have a hard time with defeat and death in the United States. We simply don’t want to face death head on. This wall does that.” We are a nation in bondage to the fear of death, as Hebrews 2 says. Indeed, the whole world is enslaved, except the believer who looks into Christ’s open tomb and cries, “I will not die but live.” That’s not a denial of death’s reality, but an affirmation of Christ’s victory, and ours in him." https://cepreaching.org/commentary/2018-03-26/psalm-1181-2-14-24-3/ Pray Pray to make your life a witness to the Eternal. Praise God and give thanks for the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Forward to a friend
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