August 25, 2022: Day 182 – Malachi 1-4 and Psalm 71 and 73

Malachi is an interesting book of the Bible because it really addresses one specific issue within the life of the Israelites and that was the tithe that the people of God were bringing to the Lord.  He accuses them, and I have to assume rightly so, of bringing in lame and blind animals when they were supposed to be bringing in the best of their flocks.  He lets the community know that if they want to be made right before God then their tithe has to be complete and it has to be the best that they have to offer.  That is the only way to be restored to the Lord.

Psalms 71 and 73 as Psalms where the author reaches back and remembers the faithfulness of God from the time that he was born to this present time in his life.  He mentions that God has brought him out of the womb and even now it is good for him to be near the Lord.