I have been asking God to speak to me and to move actively in my life. I am waiting and watching and listening for His voice. I have been praying for the opposite of fear when He does speak. I am asking for the will to obey when He speaks. I am asking for peace.
I have been asking God to speak to me and to move actively in my life. I am waiting and watching and listening for His voice. I have been praying for the opposite of fear when He does speak. I am asking for the will to obey when He speaks. I am asking for peace.
I have been asking God to speak to me and to move actively in my life. I am waiting and watching and listening for His voice. I have been praying for the opposite of fear when He does speak. I am asking for the will to obey when He speaks. I am asking for peace.
The psalm appeals in verses 3-5 of this psalm to God’s justice for the wicked. We all have an internal sense of what might be just. Along with David, we might ask God for the wicked to be repaid for their deeds and receive the punishment they deserve. But, when it comes to us, we ask for mercy we don’t deserve. Isn’t that ironic?
Some seasons of life are just tough. Sometimes, we just cannot catch a break. Sometimes, people let us down. Sometimes, it feels like everything is fighting against us. Sometimes, we feel like an army has besieged us, and war has broken out against us. I am currently in such a time.
What do we know about David? We know he was not allowed to build the Lord’s temple because he had too much blood on his hands. We know he went to war a lot. We know he had an affair with Bathsheba, and he had Uriah killed. He lied. He succumbed to temptation. He abused his power. David did not really live a blameless life either, did he?
Grief can be a lonely place, and those who care for persons who are grieving often find themselves at a loss. A BeADisciple course I facilitate, Helping Others Grow Through Their Grieving, has been of great help to many who minister to the grieving and/or their friends and family, guiding them to grow during this difficult time.
David was human. He was not perfect, just like I am not perfect. David dealt with many of the struggles I deal with – sin, forgiveness, shame, enemies, rebellion, great iniquity, fear, loneliness, affliction, anger, a troubled heart, and distress. It can be a mean, cold world sometimes. Friends and family can let us down. The weight of our sin can be overwhelming. Our hearts can be broken into a thousand pieces.
Oh, how the angels must have rejoiced when the “one who has clean hands and a pure heart” ascended the mountain and stood in the holy presence of God! The earth and everything in it belong to him. The world and all who live in it belong to him. He was there at creation to found it on the seas and establish it on the waters. He reigns over it now in glory.
I was a young girl, home on summer break from school and bored, when my mother challenged me to memorize Psalm 23. I have it memorized in the King James Version, and I can still say it just that way. It is beautiful and poetic and rolls off the tongue. It is a psalm that many people the world over turn to for comfort and peace.
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