I was reading psalms 22 and I was amused at the number of references that the Psalmist David made to the work of Jesus on the cross. Psalms 22 in case you didnt know comes right before the often quoted psalms 23. (Lucky Star makes one receptive to references) Admittedly, some parts may be considered as over-reading

22:1 “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”

22:10 “From birth I was cast upon you, from my mother’s womb you have been my God”

22:14 “I am poured out like water…”

22:16 “a band of evil men has encircled me, they have pierced my hands and my feet”

22:18 “They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing”

22:31 “They will proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn – -for he has done it”

It is finished!

Amazing how this can be written so long before the real event itself happened. The Psalmist was praising Jesus long before he came! There’s probably even more meaning to it.

No doubt — not much reflection can be put into words here but showing a passage that may not be read by some is like the daily sending of one artic-