Over the last eight weeks, I have been thinking about and reading Psalm 34. I have preached on Psalm 34:1-3 and wrote posts about several sections.
This Psalm reminds us to praise God. To praise Him continually. To praise Him with others.
This Psalm reminds us to savor the Lord. To enjoy Him.
This Psalm reminds us to watch what we say and pursue peace.
This Psalm reminds us that we need to cry out to the LORD.
Today is the last day of Psalm 34 on Fighter Verses.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him out of them all.
He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken.
Affliction will slay the wicked and those who hate the righteous will be condemned.
The LORD redeems the life of his servants; none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
The last set of verses are 19 through 22. There are some big promises in these verses -
deliverance of the righteous,
punishment of wicked,
redemption of God's servants, and
freedom from condemnation.
The promise that struck me when reading and thinking about this verse throughout the week is verse 20. "He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken." In a sermon on Jesus' crucifixion, John MacArthur makes reference to this verse. "In perfect complement to the type of the Passover Lamb, with no broken bone, Jesus will not have a bone of His body broken." (See also John 19:33, Exodus 12:46, and Numbers 9:12).
Because of Jesus, the perfect, once-for-all, sacrifice for my sin, I have true, eternal life with God that began the day he saved me from my sin!!
This song captures the greatness of this promise of no broken bones and the truth of John 3:16, Romans 14:11, and Revelation 7:9
