Psalm 88
Brendaonline.com88 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:
I am saved! You saved me! You are my Lord! I have done what You told me I could do! I am casting all my cares on You!
What kind of father wants to only hear the positive parts of his children's lives? God has been dealing with man from the beginning. If we have problems, this is the time to talk to Him. Many of us turn to other people or things when we face difficulties. Quite often we ignore God. And God is a problem fixer. If all of our cars never had problems here and there, there would be no need for a trained mechanic. God delights in walking us through life. He adores us when we trust that He can fix the situation.
2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry;
Allow my plea to be heard by You. Move toward my problem and listen to me tell you what hurts or bothers me.
3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
When my soul is in trouble that involves You. I feel like losing it!
4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength:
I have been numbered with those who are lost. I am weak.
5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
I live like a man that is clueless about You. Living free to do and go as I please. My life feels like an animal. My life seems to be as someone whose life was taken from him and left to be alone. Everything disconnected from You is lifeless, and You are not the God of anything that does not produce life.
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.
You have allowed me to be alone. As Joseph who was incarcerated, like Moses when he was told he could not enter the promised land, for doing right, as David running from Saul, as Elijah running from Jezebel, like Samson when his eyesight was taken from him, like Jesus who felt alone before His death.
7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
As Jonah is retained in the belly of a whale for three days, it just does not add up. If only we knew how strong we are. We are more powerful than we know. What we consider to be of great pain, God says you need to focus on how strong you really are. I will never put more on you than I know you can take. We must as God do you think I am strong enough to handle this? He will answer yes!
8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
God identifies the haves from the haves not. There is no way a friend who understands God will leave another brother knowing what he is going through. This is the time the phony and the real are exposed. If God is for us, He will give you the power to understand if only they knew who I am in You.
9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
What I like about this prayer is he is still depending on God to send him a breakthrough. He has not quit. He has not given up on God. Daniel prayed and Daniel was heard 21 days later. We can learn from that.
10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
Yes, I will. Jesus is a wonder from the dead. The dead in Christ will rise first, that is another wonder. We were dead while living. If only this writer of this Psalm knew what I now know! We have today what he prayed for!
11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction?
Yep! When Jesus went to the grave the dead were seen praising God! In destruction? Yes! Remember when Pharo had issues and the children of Israel were kept from the destruction God permitted on those who were His enemies, remember when David escaped from the sword of Saul? Remember how I lead million across the Red Sea and fed them every day? Should I go on?
12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Where ever I am darkness flees. I will give you a spirit that will lead You in all truth and you will have no need to forget.
13 But unto thee have I cried, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
Lord, I am not going anywhere else or to anyone else, my prayer will stop You and I will get Your attention. You promised that if I talk you will listen.
14 Lord, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me?
If only you knew. I am right here.
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
It is quite alright to tell God your truth. He will then know how to prescribe the medicine you need.
16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.
If you are still alive, you are not cut off. Listen to your words. Our emotions can sometimes get the best of us. Learn the difference, there are emotions and there is God.
17 They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together.
True, they came around, but they did not overtake!
18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness.
You separated me from those with who I could become intimate. My friend is nowhere to be found. Those with who I had things in common, had no clue to them of what I was feeling. All because I love and depend on you, and they could never understand what you are designing in me. Careful craftsmanship needs no disturbance. Caution! God is at work in me!
Comments
Post a Comment