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Psalm 52 (ESV)

¹  Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?
The steadfast love of God endures all the day.
² Your tongue plots destruction,
like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.
³ You love evil more than good,
and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah
⁴ You love all words that devour,
O deceitful tongue.

⁵ But God will break you down forever;
he will snatch and tear you from your tent;
he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
⁶ The righteous shall see and fear,
and shall laugh at him, saying,
⁷ “See the man who would not make
God his refuge,
but trusted in the abundance of his riches
and sought refuge in his own destruction!”

⁸ But I am like a green olive tree
in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God
forever and ever.
⁹ I will thank you forever,
because you have done it.
I will wait for your name, for it is good,
in the presence of the godly.

REFLECTION:

1. Silence – Read/Listen – Meditate – Pray – Contemplate
2. What is the word or phrase that touches you today as you read and meditate on this passage? What is your emotion as you read this word or phrase? How is that related to your current situation? What does God tell you to do?
3. Verse 8: ‘But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God’ (NIV). Are you “flourishing in the house of God”? What is lacking in your spiritual community? What helps you flourish? How can you offer more of yourself in church, in your cell group, that you might grow closer to God and to others as well?

PRAYER:

Stay with God for a little longer.  Continue to converse with God and listen to what He wants to tell you.  Then write down any thought and/or prayer in your spiritual journal.

HYMN:

Olive Tree – www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZGzga5X3yE