Tonight we were treated to a song set of nearly an hour and a half, and I have to admit that it wore on me at times. Then I was reminded that we used to do much longer music sets (than we do now) at the Rock and that I am no longer accustomed to singing 7+ songs in a row. I spent much of the time in prayer asking God to soften my heart and He answered during the sermon in which Mark Dever, of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in DC, challenged us to glorify Christ with the Psalmist (the title of the message). In this sermon he did not, as you might expect, draw a sweeping line through the pages of the Psalms displaying the glory of Christ, but showed us the importance of finding Christ in the Psalms and gave us ways in which to meditate on the Psalms in such a way that Christ will be revealed. He gave a few examples from well known Christological prophecies within the Psalms (Psalms 22, 78, and 110), but then he drew our attention to Psalm 1, which is not quoted in the New Testament by our Lord or any one else, and showed us the merit of making accurate and sound connections between the tone and content of the Psalm, and the ways in which these are fulfilled for us in Christ. I can’t wait to study the Psalms with this mindset and see deeper into the unsearchable riches of God in Christ.

Also, we ended with “In Christ Alone” which is the “best” way to end any service. And by “best” I mean… the best.

More tomorrow.

Grace and Peace