Psalm 118 Wordle

And while we are on the subjects of wordles and Psalm 118 (the last couple of posts), here I've combined the two.  The more times the word is in the text, the bigger the word is in the wordle (a phrase I thought I would never need to use).  So it's easy to see who the psalm is about and the main themes.  Alaister Begg, famous Scottish preacher, always urges that the main thing is the plain thing and that the plain thing is the main thing.  Easy to tell what they are from this!

Luther, beer and the all sufficient God

Reminded of this quote from the reformer Martin Luther as I prepared my sermon on Psalm 118 last week (to tie in with verse 23, if you must know).  He clearly had a part to play in reforming the church but knew that, ultimately, it wasn't all down to him.  A good thing for me to remember after the last seven days.

"See how much he has been able to accomplish through me, though I did no more than pray and preach.  The Word did it all.   Had I wished I might have started a conflagration at Worms.  But while I sat still and drank beer with Philipp and Amsdorf, God dealt the Papacy a mighty blow."

Should we drink to that?!  "Here's to the all sufficient God; may he work through us all."

May we be blessed by times when we sit, sup, watch and marvel at the works of God.