Psalm 136 | Psalms for Shepherds

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Psalms for Shepherds

Holly Culhane, Presence Point

213 episodes

1 month ago

Psalms for Shepherds is a short audible devotional developed for the purpose of providing encouragement and support to shepherd leaders. -- “Our prayer is that this series is the go-to devotional for shepherd leaders worldwide as they journey through their everyday lives of shepherding well and positively impacting the people they influence,” Holly Culhane, Presence Point Founder & President/CEO. -- Each podcast refers to a specific Psalm or a portion of a Psalm and its immediate applicability in the life of the listener – no matter where she or he leads and influences others. With 150 chapters in the biblical Old Testament book of Psalms, the content has limitless applicability to shepherding well.

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Psalm 136 | Psalms for Shepherds

Psalms for Shepherds

9 minutes

11 months ago

Psalm 136 | Psalms for Shepherds

This is Holly Culhane with Presence Point and welcome to our Psalms for Shepherds podcast.

This week we find ourselves in Psalm 136, a psalm that calls worshippers to a posture of gratitude.

Psalm 136 is 26 verses in length, and in every verse the same refrain is repeated – His faithful love endures forever.

The refrain is meant to stir remembrance in us of God’s merciful, gracious intervention in our own lives. It is also meant to settle in us the deep truth that God’s love for you… and for me… … will never end.

As the psalm develops, it becomes clear the LORD’s supremacy never makes Him remote. Instead, it demonstrates that His steadfast love is active and effective for His people.

We know this God – Yahweh, the God above all gods and Lord above all lords – is also our Shepherd and our example of how to lead and influence others. He is, of course, our perfect example of how to love.

Psalm 136 paints a picture of God’s magnanimous works of creation and acts of providence. It tells of our Shepherd’s deliverance and care for His people, His judgment on their enemies, and His goodness to all.

It also reminds us without question that our Good Shepherd’s love… a GOOD shepherd’s love… endures. In the words of Peter Santucci, author of Everyday Psalms, “His. Relentless. Love. Never. Stops.”

Dear under-shepherd, take a moment before the loving gaze of your Shepherd and check your heart toward the sheep entrusted to your care. Is your love for them relentless? Is it faithful? Is it enduring?

Sometimes, sheep are hard to love. Sometimes, we find ourselves lacking the capacity to love as we would like to. If this is the case for you today, I encourage you to pause and go to the Father. Talk to Him about it. You will find Him faithfully present and faithfully loving you – no matter what.

I leave you with that thought today. Remember that shepherding others well will always first require sitting at the feet of the Good Shepherd, allowing His love to wash over and into and through us, so that we may then offer that same love to others.