So last week we found a lot packed into those 4 verses and I believe there is more and hope you all join in and give your feelings and thoughts. We have David crying out loud to his God, our God. It even say's he uses his 'voice' - so there is action. Check out verse 5....
5. "I cry to you, O Lord; I say, "you are my refuge, my portion in he land of the living." So once more, we have a call to action. The writer, David, let's us know now he is yelling out. Look up the word 'cry'. He knows there is no one else to rely upon. The Lord is the only place he can go for sanctuary in a world that is bearing down upon him. Does this feel familiar to anyone? 6. "Attend to my cry, for I am brought very low! Deliver me from my persecutors, for they are too strong for me!" I love David, he brings it all to God. He is expectant of an answer from God. It might not be right that second, as we know he was in those caves for some time, but that did not deter him from asking for action. He is also a man that was not afraid to realize when he was not strong enough to face the dangers in front of him. This is something we all struggle with from time to time. It's okay not to be strong enough - God is! He want's us to call out for help and to lean on Him. 7. "Bring me out of prison, that I may give thanks to your name! The righteous will surround me, for you will deal bountifully with me." Notice how he calls his situation 'prison'? We all get trapped in a prison now and then. The evil thoughts that cause fear and allow us not to act when we ought to, that is a form of prison. Cry to the Lord and ask for your release today! David want's to give this glory to God. He can't wait to spread the word of what his God has done for him. He is not looking for the credit, he want's to give the credit to God. There is so much more to unpack in this chapter, so let's start a conversation together. Click the blue comment and post your take on this. Happy Easter everyone! May God bless.
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A study of Psalm's 142. Right off, we see our Bible give us the introduction to the Psalm. The ESV says "A Maskil of David, when he was in the cave.. A prayer." So we know the setting now. The context of this scripture is given to us before we even read it. This was the time David was hiding from Saul as the King of Israel was trying to hunt him down and kill him because he knew that David was supposed to take ownership of the crown as per the Creator. He is scared. David's life is very much in the Fathers hands at this point. Everyone around him want's him dead. Put yourself in his shoes for a moment. Everyone in small town America has there eyes out for you as per the FBI. You are now enemy number one for no other reason than you will soon take the Presidency because the people love your campaign, but the current President wants to remove you because you will unseat him. What do you do? Who do you turn to? Your life is on the line gang. You are being hunted as an enemy of the state.
So we look at verse 1. " With my voice I cry out to the Lord; with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord." Let us dig in. Right away the writer is giving a call to action. He is using his 'voice' to 'cry' out. So we now know that David is using his vocal chords to actually talk aloud to God, not a mental thought. The Hebrew word used for 'cry' in this passage is defined as "cry out - call for help - an appeal - a wail." So David is using his God given abilities to literally speak out loud to the Lord. I bring this up because how do you pray? Is it always silent? David is wailing out with his voice to the Lord. Don't be afraid to call out with your speech. God want's to hear you. He want's us to speak to him in voice. Cry out to him with you request. There is power in vocalizing your thoughts to the big man. Verse 2: "I pour out my complaint before Him; I tell my trouble before Him." The Creator want's to hear your troubles. Yes, give Him thanksgivings, but when thing are going sideways, don't be afraid to yell and scream your needs. He is a very large God and can handle your pleas. You can not always express your emotions to another human, however God is always there and will gratefully listen to your screams and pleas. Again, the writer is expressing his very dramatic cry's to the Lord. David was the apple to the Lord's eye. If he can scream and yell to the big guy, so can we. He want's it. Verse 3: "When my spirit faints within me, you know the way! In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me." I love this. How often has our spirit fainted within us. We can not see the forest from the trees. The sky is falling. Your going to run out of money. Your going to be homeless... all these negative thoughts that can swarm our mind because we either forget the promises of the Lord or we just lack the faith that He will keep them. Matthew 26:26. "Look at the birds of the air, they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?" Amen gang.. keep this verse in the back of your mind when feeling down. The birds sing his praise every day and are well taken care of... your his treasured creation.. you think he is not going to take care of you... come on! Verse 4: "Look to the right and see: There is none who takes notice of me; no refuge remains to me; no one cares for my soul." David is vocalizing his dismay that none on the earth give a dang about him at this moment. He recognizes that God is the only one that cares. He is leaning into his Creator for that needful attachment that we all need. Knowing that we are loved. Sometimes, we just don't get it from the people around us.. that is the point. God gives us the love that we need and we need to learn to be okay with receiving that love from Him, and sometimes from Him only. Your not going to find your affirmation from other humans sometimes.. your joy comes from the creator and doing what he asks you to do. This can be a very hard truth sometimes. Thanks for joining us in this study. Please... post your thoughts, questions and comments. Let's make this a very interactive study were we can all learn from, What is the Spirit telling you about these 4 verses. What questions do you have? Let's make this a place of learning God's truth. |
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