Cling To THIS Anchor!
"But I will hope continually,
and will praise You yet
more and
more."
Psalm 71: 14
Late Canadian educator and
philosopher, Marshall
McLuhan,
coined the expression:
“the medium is the message.”
He meant that the way a message is
delivered (the medium or media)
has
a significant impact on the message
being delivered.
When reading the biblical psalms in English,
it is easy to miss “the medium”—the
way the
psalms were composed in Hebrew. Psalms
were often structured with a verse put in
the
middle to express a central theme. Psalm 71,
prayer for God’s help as age
makes life more
trying, is a good example of this.
The psalm has 24 verses in English. In Hebrew
at the center are these summary words: “I will
hope continually, and will praise You yet more
and more.” In spite of trials the psalmist faced,
his hope was in the Lord. The more troubles
multiplied, the more he multiplied his praise.
Hope in God was his anchor during troubling
times (Hebrews 6:19).
It’s impossible to avoid troubles in life.
But it is possible to praise God “yet
more
and more” for the hope we have in Him.
"Why shouldest thou
be
afraid to die, who hopest
to live by dying?"
William Gurnall