1 Chronicles 9:1-10:14, Acts 27:21-44, Psalms 8:1-9, Proverbs 18:23-24
Today is the 10th day of July. Welcome to the Daily Audio Bible. I am Brian. It is great to be here with you as we continue to navigate our way through this week and this is hump day. So, we’re in the middle of the week and we’ll take the next step forward. We spent the last several days in the Old Testament working our way through the first part of first Chronicles, which contains the famous genealogies of the Bible. And, so, we kind of don’t need to cover that territory again. We understand why it’s there and how meaningful it actually is and we’ll be continuing our journey through those genealogies, but we’re winding our way out and into the continued narrative stories in the book of first Chronicles today before we get into the New Testament where the apostle Paul is on a ship out in the ocean and all hope has been lost for survival. And we’ll pick up that in a minute. But first, we’re reading from the New International Version this week. First Chronicles 9 and 10.
Prayer:
Father, we thank You for Your word. We thank You for his constant reminder in our lives. We thank You that there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother, that there is nowhere that we can flee from Your presence, that wherever we are You are. And, so, we agree with David of long ago “Lord, how majestic is Your name in all the earth. You have set Your glory in the heavens. Through the praise of children and infants You have established a stronghold against Your enemies.” That is incredible, “through the praise of children and infants You have established a stronghold against Your enemies to silence the foe and the avenger.” How counterintuitive, how beautiful. What a continual invitation to have the faith of a child. “When we think about the heavens, the works of Your fingers, the moon and the stars which You put in place, who are we? Who are we that You would think about us? Who are human beings that You would care about them?” And yet, “You’ve made us a little lower than the angels.” In fact, if we’re going to be literal about this, from the Scriptures, then You have made us a little lower than God and “crowned us with glory and honor. You made us rulers over the works of Your hands. You put everything under our feet. We worship You, God. We adore You. We humble ourselves before You. We surrender our rights and our wrongs before You. Come Holy Spirt. “Lord, our Lord, how just majestic is Your name in all the earth.”
Song:
How Majestic Is Thy Name (Psalm 8) – Keith Green
Oh Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is thy name in all the Earth.
Oh Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is thy name in all the Earth.
Thou has displayed thy splendor
above the heavens.
Thou has established strength from mouths of infants,
To show all thine enemies.
Oh Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is thy name in all the Earth.
Oh Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is thy name in all
the Earth.
For when I consider the heavens the work of thy fingers.
The moon and the sun which thou hast appointed.
For what is man, that thou dost take thought of him,
And the son of man, that thou doest care for him.
Hallelujah Lord our Lord,
Oh how I love you.
Hallelujah Lord our Lord,
Oh how I love you.
You’ve made man a little lower
than all of the angels,
And crowned him with glory to rule over your creation.
And under his feet,
You’ve put the beasts of the field,
The birds of the heavens and what passes through the seas,
The birds of the heavens and what passes through the sea.
Hallelujah Lord our Lord,
Oh how I love you.
Hallelujah Lord our Lord,
Oh how I love you.
Hallelujah Lord our Lord,
Oh how I love you.
Hallelujah Lord our Lord,
Oh how I love you.