Doug Webster said he likes reading all of Scripture, but if he had to pick a place to start, or a place that he keeps coming back to, it’s the Psalms.
“I liken them to an ocean,” said Webster, professor of divinity at Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School in Birmingham. “You can never exhaust the ocean.”
More than a tourist
And you can be a tourist at the ocean, or you can be someone who loves and appreciates it on a deep, long-term level, like his son, who works every day as an ocean lifeguard.
“I’m always disappointed when I realize that many people are only familiar with Psalm 23,” Webster said. “The Psalms are Jesus’ prayer book, and we really should read more of them and appreciate the depth that God has given us there.”
Keith Hibbs, director of the office of worship leadership and church music for the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions, said he loves coming back to the Psalms over and over too.
“I spend a lot of time sitting and thinking and reflecting on Scripture, specifically Psalms,” he said. “It’s no secret that a lot of worship leaders really delve into the Psalms, but there’s so much that it offers to everyone.”
For more of Webster’s reflections on the Psalms, visit douglasdwebster.com. (TAB)
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