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A SONG OF DEGREES
TUESDAY, JUNE 11
Psalm 134:1-3
1 Timothy 2:8
Pray for our missionaries.
A SONG OF DEGREES
We have now reached the last of the Gradual Psalms. The Pilgrims are going home, and are singing the last song in their Psalter. They leave early in the morning, before the day has fully commenced, for the journey is long for many of them. While yet the night lingers, they are on the move. As soon as they are outside the gates they see the guards upon the temple wall, and the lamps shining from the windows of the chambers which surround the sanctuary. Therefore moved by the sight, they chant a farewell to the perpetual attendants upon the holy shrine. Their parting exhortation arouses the priests to pronounce upon them a blessing out of the holy place. This benediction is contained in the third verse. The priests as good as say, “You have desired us to bless the Lord and now we pray the Lord to bless you.”
The Psalm teaches us to pray for those who are continually ministering before the Lord, and it invites all ministers to pronounce benediction upon their loving and prayerful people.
To this day the Lord blesses each one of His people through His church, His gospel, and the ordinances of His house. It is in communion with the saints that we receive untold benisons. May each one of us obtain yet more of the blessing which cometh from the Lord alone. Do we desire it? Let us then bless the Lord ourselves.
(Spurgeon)
THOUGHT: (Read Psalm 134:1.)
PRAYER: (Use Psalm 134:2-3.)