Psalms 27 – 29

Verse 27:1 is the hope we all should have and believe:

The Eternal is my light amidst my darkness
    and my rescue in times of trouble.
    So whom shall I fear?
He surrounds me with a fortress of protection.
    So nothing should cause me alarm.

Often we go through life wondering if God is with us. We give names to these seasons, summer when things are groovy, fall as we slip away, winter as we fell abandoned and spring as our relationship blossoms.  Often we feel we are in “winter” since God is not doing what we assume He should. David knows this and knows God is with him no matter what. Think about David’s “winter”, he went from the king’s right hand guy to being the king’s most wanted. Heck the king poo’ed on David in a cave, so he has been in darker spots then most of us.

We need to realize that winter is just a time where we need to recognize God is working in our lives, just not in the way we expect. When you are broke and pray for a lottery win, just because God does not answer that prayer doesn’t mean the stage is set for you to rise out of poverty. We just have to learn patience!

Verse 28:2 has me reviewing translations:

Listen to my voice.
    You will hear me begging for Your help
With my hands lifted up in prayer,
    my body turned toward Your holy home.

I wanted to see if “hands lifted up” was translated as “worship” in other translations, since we translate this for 4 words, being everything from hands lifted up to face down on the ground. All translations that I checked were consistent, so off this rabbit trail and figure what it means. How many times have we asked God to listen to our voice, again assuming we are knowing what is best. So when thing don’t go as expected, like getting poo’ed on by our king, we assume God is not listening.

Through many of David’s Psalms or prayers we see his asking for help like God is not listening. We cannot judge God’s ears based on actions we are expecting. Heck after 6 years I now see why our farm did not sell when it did. I though God was ignoring me or I had sinned to “blow” the deal, but rather all along it was his timing. Since if it had sold we would own junk now and not learned important lessons. Also, if the deal had not happened at all we may have walked on the property for short term ease.