Tuesday, November 19: “Applied Reason”

Psalm 94: 2, 5-7: “Rise up, O Judge of the earth, render recompense to the proud. They crush Your people, O Lord, and afflict Your heritage. They slay the widow and the stranger and murder the orphans, they have said, ‘The Lord does not see, nor does the God of Jacob pay heed.’”

The king and others over God’s people at the time of this psalm had fallen into doubting the nation’s heritage and its God. But the more the psalmist reflects on the Lord’s lovingkindness (vv. 14-20), the more his faith rises. In the end, he realizes that the Lord is in control of the situation (vv. 22, 23). See, thinking works!