God is faithful, God is love

Psalm 41

Verse 1: God's heart is always for the weak and poor. He will also reward those who care for these weak and poor. There are many poor people around us, in finance, emotion, spirit... let's be a blessing to them, bringing God's touch and love to them.

verses 7-9 talks about our enemies going against us, and sometimes, even our best friends betray us. Man can fail us. But God reminds us again, He is faithful. =)

Psalm 42

If you remember what pastor melvyn preached during the first sermon of the year, the book of psalms can be divided into 5 books. We have completed the 1st book! Now we are entering into the second,with slavery and bondages as theme, it is like exodus.

Psalm 42-49 were not written by david. haha. They were written by sons of Korah. If you are interested, you can read up on the history. (Num 16:1-35, 1 Chron 6:31-38, 2 Chron 20:18-19)

Verses 1 and 2 might be familiar to us, because of the song, As the deer pants for the water, so my soul longs after thee.... But let's ask ourselves, how much do we thirst for God? Like we thirst for water? Crave for our favorite food? How much is our desire for Him? God says, He desires us, crazy about us....

And as i read this psalm, it seems like the psalmist was feeling very downcast and was mourning. But at the end, he said, we are to put our hopes in the Lord. When we focus on God's ability to help us rather than on our inability to help ourselves, we can have hope and not be depressed. Most importantly, we can have hope... but God loves you!