Psalm 81

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth and I will fill it” (10). As Israel’s King, God promised to guide, protect, and provide for them; Israel promised in return to worship him alone and follow his ways (9). God fulfilled his part by rescuing his people from slavery: “their hands were set free from the basket” (6). Yet, they disobeyed God and chose instead to “follow their own devices” (12), ending in disaster.

“But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you” (16). Rather than the disaster of following our own ways, the way of Jesus leads to true satisfaction.