April 24 - Reading 22: Psalms 71-72

“…and precious shall be their blood in His sight.” (Psalm 72:14b)

We know that our God is so intimately acquainted with all of our ways that He knows every hair on our head, He knows the number of our days, He even knows our thoughts and the words we are about to say before we even say them (Psalm 139:4). So it shouldn’t surprise us that our blood — which could be interpreted to represent our life and/or our death — is “precious in His sight.”

That is a nearly unfathomable thought, isn’t it? The God who spoke all the universe into being and holds all things together by the power of His word (Hebrews 1:3), is so personal that all the moments of each one of our lives, even our very blood, is precious to Him.

Oh, that we could truly grasp how wide and how long and how high and how deep is the love of God for each one of us (Ephesians 3:18-19). What a difference that could make as we face each fear, each trial, and each loss in this fleeting experience of life. It would make it so much easier to run to Him with every fear or anxious thought, to simply trust Him through every trial, and to be comforted by Him in every sadness and loss.

Let us remind ourselves that our old life has been crucified with Christ, and the new life we now live is Christ living in us (Galatians 2:20). Therefore, our life, which is now actually His life living in and through us, would, of course, be precious to Him. What an astonishing truth!

As we read Psalms 71-72 to the Lord today and stand in the gap in intercession, let’s re-commit to using our lives to bring glory to Him in all we do (1 Corinthians 10:31). And no matter what circumstance we face, let us continue to place our hope and trust in Him alone, because He alone is our Rock, our Refuge and our Fortress (Psalm 71:1-3).