Psalm 74 ~ 14 MARCH 2008

By Asaph – the Levite

God forgets NOT His covenant

Psalm 74 focuses on the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem by the Babylonians.

God seemed to have rejected His chosen people! Why else did God permit a pagan nation to defeat the Jews and destroy their holy city and sacred temple, v1-11?

Asaph chose to remember the works of God in the past, v12-17.

The nation had been defeated and the sacred temple destroyed. But the nation of Israel still has God as their God. God’s covenant had not changed, v18-23.

Application:

In difficult moments, sometimes we get so overwhelmed by negative thoughts that we can forget the goodness of God.

Are you going through tough stages of your life right now?

Pause. Take a moment and start to recollect from the beginning the goodness of God in your life e.g. how you received Christ, how you did well in school for your worst subject…etc