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Psalms 118:8
"It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man."

We have been studying prayer and understanding that we cannot prat too much! We can pray from our heart. It can be as basic as "Lord, have mercy." We can also pray the way Jesus teaches us and recite The Lord's Prayer. The seven petitions cover everything we need to pray for. It also keeps our ego out of the equation. We are prone to ask for things that may not be good for us.

We should always keep this prayer at the tip of our tounges. We need to recite it frequently. I recommend at least daily. I myself sometimes uses it as a meditation and repeat the prayer many times. It is another GIFT from GOD. We are very blessed to have it.

Still another GIFT from GOD is the book of Psalms! We can go to the Psalms like it's a book of prayers. It was written over the span of a millenium by multiple authors. It is a collection of lyrical poems making it also like a hymnal. They feature a rich expression of emotions and situations. The Psalms encourages us to praise God for who He is and what He has done. In the many verses of the Psalms we see the greatness of our God, confirm His faithfulness to us. We need to turn to the book of Psalms as much as possible.

As we turn to very special chapter and verse, appreciate these facts about Psalm 118:
• Psalm 118 is the middle chapter of the entire Bible.
• Psalm 117, before Psalm 118 is the shortest chapter in the Bible.
• Psalm 119, after Psalm 118 is the longest chapter in the Bible.
• The Bible has 594 chapters before Psalm 118 and 594 chapters after Psalm 118.
• If you add up all the chapters except Psalm 118, you get a total of 1188 chapters.
• 1188 or Psalm 118 verse 8 is the middle verse of the entire Bible. The central verse has an important message; “It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.” 

Psalm 118 was the favorite Psalm of Martin Luther. He wrote, “This psalm has been of special service to me. It has helped me out of many great troubles, when neither emperor nor kings nor wise men nor saints could help.” You and I can find great help from Psalm 118 too. Our GOD is truly AMAZING!
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