Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday – April 14, 2019 – Psalm 3:5

I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the Lord sustained me.

God has placed a circle of protection around you for your comfort and your care.  Here is the real heart of the psalm. Watch as David moves his eyes from the enemy to God how the tone of the psalm changes. "If one gazes too long upon the enemy and his might, the enemy grows in the mind's eye to gigantic proportions . . . the hypnotic power of the enemy is broken when one turns one's gaze toward God."

David is able to sleep, able to awake and able to have courage and confidence in God.

Do those statements mark out how you deal with times of trouble? 

Name times and circumstances in which the Lord has intervened in your life.  In what ways did you know or come to realize the Lord’s intervention in your life’s circumstances?

God will continue to sustain and protect His own.

It is the Lord who sustains us through life. The hymn verse reinforces this with the words, “Through many dangers, toils, and snares I have already come; His grace has brought me safe thus far, His grace will lead me home.”  

 Almighty God, You have given us this good land as our heritage. Grant that we remember Your generosity and constantly do Your will. Bless our land with honest industry, truthful education, and an honorable way of life. Save us from violence, discord, and confusion, from pride and arrogance, and from every evil course of action. Make us who come from many nations with many different languages a united people. Defend our liberties, and give those whom we have entrusted with the authority of government the spirit of wisdom that there may be justice and peace in our land. When times are prosperous, let our hearts be thankful; in troubled times do not let our trust in You fail; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen[1]

[1] Collect for our Nation, Lutheran Service Book © 2006 Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis