SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 7/29/2012 8:22:42 AM
My Worship Time Focus: Psalm 109 PT-1
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Psalm 109:1-5
Message of the verses: Today we begin the 109th Psalm by
looking at several introduction to the psalm in order to better understand what
the message is that is in the psalm and how we can apply it to our lives.
“This
imprecatory psalm of David cannot be conclusively connected by the psalm’s
general details with any particular incident/person in the king’s life as
chronicled in 1, 2Sa; 1Ki; and 1Ch David responds here to those who have launched
a vicious verbal assault of false accusation against him (cf. 109:2, 3, 20). This
psalm is considered messianic in nature, since Acts 1:20 quotes v. 8 in
reference to Judas’ punishment for betraying Christ (cf Pss 41:9; 69:25). David reverses roles with his enemies by
moving from being the accused in man’s court to being the accuser/prosecutor
before the bar of God.” (The John
MacArthur Study Bible)
“This
is the last of the ‘imprecatory psalms,’ and some consider it to be the most
vehement (See Ps. 5.) The psalm is
ascribed to David (Acts 1:20), but it must have been written before he took the
throne, for no king would be obligated to put up with this kind of treatment from
an officer (v.8) in his own court. The
man was outwardly religious (v.7) but hated David (vv. 3, 5) and falsely
accused him (vv. 1-2, 4 see Ex. 23:6-8; Deut, 19:15-21) and cursed him (vv.
17-19). David’s attempts to return good
for evil failed (vv. 4-5), and the man showed him no mercy (v. 16). This
unknown opponent may have been King Saul himself, whose life David spared on at
least two occasions, or perhaps one of Saul’s important officers who wanted to
please his master. Had we been in this
situation with David, we might have prayed as he did! There was terrible injustice in the land, and
only God could remove Saul and put the rightful king on the throne. David did not avenge himself but put the
matter in the hands of the Lord (Rom:12:17-21).
The psalm is built around three major requests.” (Warren Wiersbe)
Lord, Do Something! (vv. 1-5):
“1 ¶ «For the choir director.
A Psalm of David.» O God of my praise, Do not be silent! 2 For they have opened the wicked and deceitful
mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue. 3 They have also surrounded me with words of
hatred, And fought against me without cause. 4
In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am in prayer.
5 Thus they have repaid me evil for good
And hatred for my love.”
We see in this
psalm that David is crying out to the Lord to answer him, but the Lord is
silence and not answering him. This was
not the type of prayer that we often call “fox hole” prayers, a person praying
because they are in trouble, but prayer is not their habit. David was a man of praise
for in the Hebrew version of this psalm it begins with “O God of my praise.” God was not answering and this was upsetting
to David for there were people who were treating him very badly, in fact there
were people who were trying to take his life.
David had the chance on at least two occasions of killing his enemy,
Saul, but David gave good for evil. Many
people give good for good and evil for evil, but God’s people are to give good
for evil, while Satan give evil for good and the word in verse four “accuser”
is the word “Satan” in English, which is one of the names for the Devil. Rev. 12:10 says “Then I heard a loud voice in
heaven, saying, "Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our
God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren
has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night.”
David
was asking the Lord to do something and I would suppose that if any believer
was in the position that he was in they would have asked the Lord to do
something too.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: It is very difficult for me to pray about
something that is very important to me and find that the Lord is silent. I realize that God is in control of all
things and that His plans are perfect because He is perfect and there are times
when God is testing me and therefore is silent so that my faith may be
increased, but that does not mean that it is not difficult, for it surely is.
My Steps of Faith for Today:
I must trust the Lord in how he is working in the life of my mother who
is so very sick at this time. God’s
plans are perfect for her but we need His grace to deal with this difficult
time.
Memory verses for the week: 2Peter 1:1-8
1 ¶ Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of
Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by
the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the
knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; 3
seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to
life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own
glory and excellence. 4 For by these He
has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you
may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that
is in the world by lust.
5 ¶
Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith
supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, 6 and in your knowledge, self-control, and in
your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, 7 and in your godliness, brotherly kindness,
and in your brotherly kindness, love. 8
For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you
neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7/29/2012 9:17:07 AM
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