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 introductions 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, and 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 gives 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
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