Psalm 78:40-55

How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness and grieved him in the desert! They tested God again and again and provoked the Holy One of Israel. They did not remember his power or the day when he redeemed them from the foe, when he performed his signs in Egypt and his marvels in the fields of Zoan. He turned their rivers to blood, so that they could not drink of their streams. He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them, and frogs, which destroyed them. He gave their crops to the destroying locust and the fruit of their labor to the locust. He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamores with frost. He gave over their cattle to the hail and their flocks to thunderbolts. He let loose on them his burning anger, wrath, indignation, and distress, a company of destroying angels. He made a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death, but gave their lives over to the plague. He struck down every firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their strength in the tents of Ham. Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. He led them in safety, so that they were not afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. And he brought them to his holy land, to the mountain which his right hand had won. He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

Lord, when will we turn to the witness of that great cloud of those who have gone before and strive to follow their examples of faith? When will we see Your mighty hand in all creation? When will we instinctively acknowledge the working of Your grace in every aspect of our lives? When will we learn contentment in all things, recognizing that You provide the strength and resources to meet all challenges? Help Your church, Lord, smash through our complacency. Revive us and let Your face shine upon us that we may be saved from our waywardness.

Today's readings in the Psalms:

Morning: Psalm 105

Mid-day: 119:129-136

Evening: Psalm 31

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