Rev. Jason Schockman, pastor at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Oconomowoc, WI, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Psalm 34.
Psalm 34 was David’s prayer while he was fleeing from King Saul and changed his behavior in the presence of the Philistine king. As David praises the LORD for answering his prayer for deliverance, he invites all those who trust in the LORD to experience the same goodness of the LORD. In this fear of the LORD is true wisdom and goodness, for the LORD looks upon His people, even in their brokenheartedness. The LORD has come near to us in the person of Jesus Christ, whose suffering, death, burial, and resurrection for our sake we see in Psalm 34.
Join Sharper Iron during the month of July to study selected Psalms. In the Psalter, God speaks His Word to us and teaches us how to speak back to Him in prayer. Even in the great variety of the Psalms, each one points us to our Savior, Jesus Christ.
