Friday, July 17, 2015

Start Time: 5:41 AM

End Time: 6:00 AM

Title: A David Psalm.

Scriptures: Psalm 140:1 - 13

God’s Message/Promise/Commands:

Beautiful morning!  What a great day to spend with Jesus!  Today I'm reading one of David's Psalm, Chapter 140 and once again, it is filled with great knowledge and wisdom.  This chapter clearly portrays David's situation at that moment.  He was oppressed by the enemy and treated unjustly by others.  He said that vicious people are coming after him and these vicious people are those who practice sharp rhetoric of hate and hurt; they speak venomous words that kill.  So we can see that David's struggle is with people who speak ill of him, may it be directly or indirectly.  But let's stop for a moment and just analyses this further.  We are talking about David here, a King, a warrior who have been in many battles and won.  So David here was being oppressed and treated unjustly even if he was a king or a warrior.  Clearly, the enemy doesn't choose the people he attacks, it doesn't depend on the person's background or status; the only reason is because David trust in God and has been walking with Him daily.  Amazing that a king such as David would still have people turning against him...I mean, it was the people themselves who sang that David killed 10,000 yet they are brave enough to malign him or speak ill of him. 

Anyway, one of the great learnings I got from this chapter is David's attitude.  As a King, he has all the right to eliminate and destroy those who speak ill of him.  In fact, he doesn't need to have a reason to have them kill, he is a king anyway.  Yet, we see him, praying for Mercy instead of getting angry or vengeful against these people.  The king had the right yet, he didn't see it that way.  In fact, he saw that the only person who can rescue him is God.  But if you really look into it, in his own power, he could have done something about it, but he didn't!  He instead ran to God and asked God to have mercy on him and protect him from them.  He asked God to take care of it.  Wow!  I mean, nowadays people are just up for their rights and fighting for it, yet here we see David, humble enough to run to God and allow Him to take care of his problems. 

What I like most in this chapter is when David spoke in verses 12 to 13.  He said that he knew God is on the side of the victims and that He cares for the rights of the poor and he knows that the righteous personally thank Him, and that good people are secure in His presence.  Do we have the same sound understanding and belief when trouble comes our way?  Do we choose to be a victim knowing that God is on our side?  Do we choose to run to God and let Him protect and fight for us, knowing that good people are secure in Him?  Well, David did.  He was so secured about this truth that as a King, he considered himself a victim and poor.  Let us have the mindset of David and not allow God to fight for us today!  Amen!

Prayer:

Lord Jesus, thank you for a wonderful message.  Help me Lord to have a humble heart like David.  Help me not to seek vengeance or what is mine (in the earthly sense) but only fight for what I believe in You.  Give me wisdom to know when to fight and when not to fight back.  Help me Lord to see that in You I can be secured and I don't need to fight for myself because in You I am protected and safe and happy.  Thank You again.  In Jesus' Name, Amen!