Psalm 147

1 Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.

2 The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

3 He heals the broken in heart and binds up their wounds.

4 He tells the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite.

6 The Lord lifts up the meek: he casts the wicked down to the ground.

7 Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God:

8 Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry.

10 He delights not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion.

13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee.

14 He maketh peace in thy borders and fills thee with the finest of the wheat.

15 He sends forth his commandment upon earth: his word runs very swiftly.

16 He giveth snow like wool: he scatters the hoarfrost like ashes.

17 He casts forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?

18 He sends out his word, and melteth them: he causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow.

19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel.

20 He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord. (KJV)

This is a Psalm to the love of God for the nation of Israel. As we look at the love of God to Israel we can see the type of love that a parent should have for their child.  Having seven children myself, I have come to recognized that they have their own individuals’ traits and that they will make their own decisions.  As a parent you will have to give up the control of your child’s environment.  As a parent we can instruct, guide and lead, however the most important part of training up a child is to model the Godly life. 

Verse two points to a time in the future “The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathered together the outcasts of Israel.”  This is an event that has happen in my lifetime.  In Romans 11:25-27 Paul writes “For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in.  And so, all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, there shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: for this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.”  Many believe that the phase until the fullness of the Gentiles come in is a sign of the later days.  God has gathered the outcasts of Israel together in these last times.  Paul calls this blindness on Israel as a mystery, just he calls the rapture of the saints in I Corinthians 15:51.  These mysteries are in the future so may I be like one of the five wise virgins and keep extra oil in the preparation of my returning Lord.