His Time - Scripture Studies: Psalm 8, Proverbs 3, Reading from C.F.W. Walther

1. Meditation on the Day’s Psalm

Rev. Jonathan Fisk gives a meditation on the Psalm of the Day, Psalm 8:1-6, 9.

Psalm 8:1-6, 9

How Majestic Is Your Name

To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith.^[a] A Psalm of David.

8 O Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.
²    Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established strength because of your foes,
    to still the enemy and the avenger.

³When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
⁴what is man that you are mindful of him,
and the son of man that you care for him?

⁵Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings^[b]
and crowned him with glory and honor.
⁶You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;
you have put all things under his feet,

⁹O Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!

Footnotes:

Psalm 8:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 8:5 Or than God; Septuagint than the angels

English Standard Version (ESV)

2. Meditation on Proverbs

Rev. Jonathan Fisk gives a meditation on Proverbs 3:21-26.

Proverbs 3:21-26

²¹My son, do not lose sight of these—
    keep sound wisdom and discretion,
²²and they will be life for your soul
    and adornment for your neck.
²³Then you will walk on your way securely,
    and your foot will not stumble.
²⁴If you lie down, you will not be afraid;
    when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
²⁵Do not be afraid of sudden terror
    or of the ruin^[a] of the wicked, when it comes,
²⁶for the Lord will be your confidence
    and will keep your foot from being caught.

Footnotes:

Proverbs 3:25 Hebrew storm

3. Meditation on the Church from “The Church and the Office of the Ministry” by C.F.W. Walther

Rev. Jonathan Fisk meditates on the Church from The Church and the Office of the Ministry by C.F.W. Walther. Find your copy at cph.org.

Andy Bates, DCE

If you haven’t had Associate Executive Director's Andy Bates’s smoked mac and cheese from scratch (yes, including the noodles), you’re missing out on a magical food experience. Although he’ll gladly go venturing through the woods in his Vivobarefoot Trail Freaks (those are shoes), he’ll also stay happily busy automating every possible thing in his home while eating cherry cheesecake brownies made by his wife, Lauren. As a Theatre major, don’t ask him to pick a favorite play, but you may find him hanging out with his adorable son watching Trolls or listening to bluegrass or the latest audiobook on biomechanics.