Remarks From the Reverend

Author’s Note: This is the second of a series of devotionals from Psalm 146.

“Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the LORD his God” – Psalm 146:5

In putting our hope and trust in a “prince,” or a “son of man,” or “we the people,” we have learned they can only offer temporary help and oftentimes, self-defeating or destructive help. There is only one person that we can put our trust and hope in and that is Jesus the Christ. In verse 5 of this psalm, He is referred to as the “God of Jacob,” the “LORD”; that is, YHWH, come in the flesh.

The person who is “happy,” (“...