Dear friends. Jumping into my car to record our daily devotional is a sweet thing to do even after a three hours handwriting Old Testament final exam at night in the pandemic. I love our communication and I love reading regularly for you and together with you!!!

The first half of this psalm is the darkest of all, even darker than real life. We already established how extremely honest, faithful, and compassionate God is with revealing to us the situation churches might face. He put words into our mouth knowing we will probably too stunned to pray in face of extreme trial as such. The second half of the psalm from 12-23, same length, 11 verses in total is a true worshipper's song sang from the heart. The psalmist is think after his heart and mind: How Great a God he knew! How powerful a king he is! How faithful he is always! He remembers his covenant! The temple is the shadow of Jesus Christ's resurrection and his spirit indwelling in us. Church is where the centre of the worship lies. It is heart-piercing to have temple destroyed. How closely Jesus is with us. He lives in us. He is the king who has claim a reigning place in our whole body and heart.  When it is dark outside, our God is even more faithful than our shadows. Sing to the King.

 "Yours is the day, yours also the night!!"