Today's Scripture Reading (November 15, 2025): Psalm 108
It has been described as one
of the most significant theological assertions scholars have ever made. If
there is one thing about God that we all need to know, it is this one thought,
and yet, so often we overlook its importance, maybe because it is found in a
children's song:
Jesus loves me this I know
For the Bible tells me so (Anna Bartlett Warner – 1859).
It is something that John the
Apostle seemed to understand, and he could never get beyond this one thought.
As John writes his gospel, every place where he could insert his name, he
instead places the phrase "the disciple whom Jesus loved." The phrase
only occurs in John's gospel, where it occurs six times. It's as if John couldn't
get over this one thought. Jesus loves me. Can you believe it? Me. Why would he
love me?
David has the same struggle.
God, I don't know why you love me, but you do. In the past, you have moved to
save me, and I know that you will save me now, because I know that you love me.
The Psalm opens up with David's
praise for this God who loves him. In fact, it isn't until verse six that the
reader even realizes that David is in trouble and in need of rescue. As he
comes before God, it is not his need that first comes to his mind; it is his
praise of the God who loves him. I can almost hear the King singing as he
writes;
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
The Bible tells me so (Anna Bartlett Warner – 1859).
Tomorrow's Scripture Reading:
2 Samuel 24
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