Psalm 39 – 41

Verse 39:12 stood out to me this reading:

Right now I can’t see because I am surrounded by troubles;
    my sins and shortcomings have caught up to me,
    so I am swimming in darkness.
Like the hairs on my head, there are too many to count,
    so my heart deserts me.

Think about what David is saying here, he feels deserted by God, yet as we know in the reading prior as a young man he was anointed by God and His spirit fell on him. Imagine this, a person who had limitless access to the spirit of God, yet feels alone. Imagine how the other billion or so people around the world feel who do not have an anointing from God or His spirit with them. Sure we have been anointed and have the Holy Spirit, but I believe David’s relationship is different.

So if David can complain, do feel so bad when you complain. Just know much of our complaining about God not being there is RIGHT TO HIS FACE!! And since the conditions are not what we expect they are therefore without God’s guidance … IN OUR MINDS!!

This has been revealed to me sometimes decades later and we just live to live without realizing or faith should be in God and HE is always right.

Verse 41:1 shows sometimes there are spiritual truths in the Psalms:

Blessed are those who consider the helpless.
    The Eternal will stay near them, leading them to safety in times of bitter struggle.

The key is the word “blessed” here. Think about David whining about now having God do what HE wants while pondering this. Now think about what “blessed” means in our world. Finally think of “blessed” in the apostles world.

What images do you get? Our world “blessed” mean tons of money, spare time and stuff. In the apostles world it was constant work for the kingdom with an occasional beating and finally martyrdom. We tend to believe the world view since the kingdom view sucks to the world. But we must be able to give away our lives to gain life. I bet the ones blessed by the kingdom view were at peace where the world’s blessing caused strife.

Think about it, are you blessed by the world or the kingdom? What’s you focus? I will say mine is changing rapidly!!