"Refreshing Our Minds"

Whether or not there are a certain pattern to the Psalms, or if indeed Ezra had put them in a particular grouping as to arrange them around the five different feast days, or for whatever other reason; but one thing is sure, the Psalms are there for refreshing our minds, and for getting the "stinkin-thinkin" out of our heads. To put this in perspective, Ezra and Nehemiah were originally one book, and the time period was between 536 and 440 B.C.; while the Book of Malachi was written around 450 - 425 B.C., and it was the last words spoken by God to His people for over four hundred years. Four hundred years is a long time to not hear anything, whether it be prophesy, or message, or even warnings of repentance; nothing for many generations of people, and yet God had not abandoned His people, He just had nothing left to say, that is until that Day, "The LORD'S Day", which was written about in the last chapter of Malachi. I find it very interesting that Malachi writes, "Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgements." (Malachi 4:4) It is as though there was a strong intent to make the people focus and dwell upon the laws and judgments that they were under, and then say nothing else for four hundred years; and then after that four hundred years, introduce Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God which was to take them out from under the bondage of the law! And then, here we have a Psalm that goes from the declaration of "The KING of GLORY", and we enter into a Psalm that is asking for guidance and protection. After having seen the absolute glory of the KING, why should we need to worry about anything else; especially the need for protection? The answer is quite simple really, and has to do with that thing Paul refers to as "the flesh"; that which wars against the Spirit in every one of our lives. None of us are immune, and none of us are above reproach; and as soon as we begin to think that we are, we are going to get burned very bad by our own stupidity and pride. That might also be why Malachi starts the coming of the LORD'S Day with that of a burning oven, because those that might think they are worthy shall be burnt up in their own pride and wickedness... "For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear My name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in His wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts." (Malachi 4:1-3)