3/26/2012 8:23:27 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: Trusting and giving glory to the Lord
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Psalm 64:7-10
Message of the verses: “Trust the Lord for Victory” (vv. 7-8): “7 ¶ But God will shoot at them with an arrow; Suddenly they will be wounded. 8 So they will make him stumble; Their own tongue is against them; All who see them will shake the head.”
David knew of the promises of the Lord and he is known for meditating on the Word of the Lord in the night and this has given confidence to David as he writes these words in verses 7-8. His enemies were shooting arrows at him and now God will shoot arrows at them. We see from verse five that David’s enemies were trying to trap him so now the Lord will cause his enemies to stumble and fall. We also see in verse eight that God will use their sword-like tongues against his enemies.
Give Glory to the Lord (vv. 9-10): “9 Then all men will fear, And they will declare the work of God, And will consider what He has done. 10 The righteous man will be glad in the LORD and will take refuge in Him; And all the upright in heart will glory.”
As I have been looking at many of David’s psalms I find a similar pattern in them as is in this one and that is that David finds himself in trouble and so he calls upon the Lord. I then see that David will to some extent explain the trouble to the Lord and perhaps even remember different times when the Lord has been faithful to David causing him to escape the trouble and then I find a very important thing in David’s writings, and that is that he will praise the Lord and give glory to the Lord for causing him to escape the trouble he is in. This is not the pattern to all of his writings in the psalms, but many and Psalm 64 follows this pattern.
There are those who were watching David’s victories over the nations around Israel who want to destroy them and this gives them a picture of who the Lord is, but many times they miss this opportunity because they believe that the God of Israel is just another God among all the gods that were worshipped then.
These two verses are a testimony to the Lord and bring glory to his name. Some will see the works of the Lord and believe in Him, but like I said above many will not. However the believers will see the great works of the Lord and praise the Lord along with David. God deserves all of the glory.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: One of the things that I have been finding David do as he speaks about them in the psalms he writes and that is to meditate upon the Word of the Lord. This is part of a good process that I as a believer need to follow. I am to read the Word of God, study the Word of God, meditate on the Word of God, and then put into practice what I have been learning and meditating. Our minds are always working and so we need to fill them with God’s Word and as we think about it, which is meditating on it, we will be drawing closer to the Lord and what He has for us to do.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Meditate upon the Word of God and continue to learn contentment. To praise the Lord in all situations that I am in.
3/26/2012 8:47:39 AM
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