the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
Psalms 44:9-26
The mood of the psalm changes from v. 9 onwards. Instead of continuing to look to God, to the light of His countenance and the power of His Name (vv. 3, 5), the faithful reflect on the trials which have come upon them. The soul of the child of God is not always on the mountain top, as we well know from our own experience.
However, the faith of these believers is not overcome; they know they can attribute to God all that has happened to them, and they accept the hard blows as coming from His hand (Job 1:21). Their conscience is clear; not only is it true that their steps have not strayed from the path of obedience, but their heart has not turned back (v. 18). And God is their witness, He who knows the secrets of the heart. Let us never forget v. 21.
What is the meaning of the strange expression in v. 22: to be "killed all the day long"? The quotation of this verse in Romans 8:36 makes it easy to understand. It is to be reminded, through trials, of the feeling of our nothingness, of our total helplessness. But the same passage invites us to realise the triumphant counterpart: "Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us" (Romans 8:37).
