Like a swimmer slowly drifting away from shore or a car ever so slightly moving away from the centre, if our lives are not centred on God and His word, we too are at risk of drifting away.

Psalm 78 is a song from the heart of Aseph. It’s a call to remember all that God has done for His people. How, even though (and in spite of!) His people’s constant wandering away from Him, He faithfully cares for and provides for them.

Ultimately we see this provision in King Jesus. Who “being compassionate, atoned for our iniquity” on the cross. The lesson we receive from Psalm 78 is not merely a history lesson, but a discipleship model. Aseph envisions that those who fear God will draw deep from the well of His word, and pass off the wondrous acts of the LORD to future generations “so that they would set their hope in God”.