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THROUGH GODS EYES
Lord in Jesus precious name we give this time to you now and ask as we come to you
and open our hearts to you that you would speak to us through your Spirit In Jesus
name amen
When we look to David and the psalms we can sometimes think that it was okay for David
because he was a King and because he always seemed to have things go his way.
When in fact quite the opposite is true, and in the Psalms at that time Kings like David
could have anything they so desired, they ruled and reigned and they could have almost
anything in their kingdom, they could also have the women they desired, they could have
men killed at their command, they could have anyone who stood in their way destroyed.
But that was not quite the same story with David, here we see a man chosen by God,
anointed by God, hand picked by God.....wow....david is not only rich on earth with
earthly possessions , but rich also in heaven because he has God on his side.
!!
BUT, we see time and time again because David was Gods chosen, David had to answer to God
!!!
David could not do as other Kings of that time did !!
David could not follow the ways of Kings and have anything he so desired !!
Why ?
because Davids life was Gods!!
We see this when David had a man killed in order to have the mans wife !!
We see this when David cast his eyes on Bathsheba...
The penalty for this was the loss of their son.
In fact it is said that David and bathsheba had many sons , one of which was solomon, whom
the Lord named Jedidiah, which means loved by the Lord.
You see although God forgave David and restored to him a clean heart there was still a
consequence paid for Davids sin
So what is this ?
here we see David being chased by his enemies !!
We see David being hunted down !! being disliked by many !!
He seems to not be able to do as other Kings do !! why not I wonder !!
When we cast our eyes to God and he shines on us and we give our lifes over to Him,
and He having called us first to Himself calls us His children wow...
BUT....THEN...as time goes on we see that we cannot do as some do ...we cannot do as
others do ... soemtimes it may even be that we cannot do as other Christians seem to do ?
Not only that but life does'nt seem to be much easier ? in fact sometimes life can seem
harder ?
surely what is this all about ?
You see when we give our lifes over to God ....we give our lifes over to God !!
David was chosen by God and David was Gods child....which meant that David was following
God his Father, David was answerable to God and God was responsible for David.
Other Kings may have done as they wished, but David was Gods child..
ITS NOT FAIRRRRRR !!!HOW COME THEY CAN DO THOSE THINGS AND I CAN'T DAD ?
Here in Psalms we see a man after Gods own heart and although Davids life was not easy,
He continued to praise his maker.
Now psalms 9 and 10 were beleieved to
be written as a poem and were combined together as one but we read them in the psalms
as separate, Indeed we looked in the last study at Psalm 9 and we looked at this as a
separate psalm but in fact it combines with psalm 10.
Now we are going to look at psalms 10 to 13 and we see that psalm 10 begins with a
question !!
O Lord why do you stand so far away ?
Why do you hide when I am in trouble ?
And lets go to Psalm 13.
Psalm 13 (New International Version)
For the director of music.
A psalm of David.
1 How long, O LORD ?
Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and every day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
3 Look on me and answer, O LORD my God.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;
4 my enemy will say, "I have overcome him,"
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
5 But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
6 I will sing to the LORD,
for he has been good to me.
Now reading from Psalm 10 - 13 David asks many questions and in his heart he knows
that God has rescued him many times , many times David has been saved from his enemies.
Many times David has been saved from the sword and from peril and has carried on in
his walk with His God.
Many times when David was faced with death and despair God saved him from situation
after siituation and rescued David from that pit of despair and raised him up.
And David knew that God would get him through, but still he asks the question...when ?
How long Lord ?
how long ?
We tend ourselves to look on days and time and we grow weary and burdoned and we
can get clogged down in troubles and situations and we can struggle and pray and cry
out to God and yet it seems sometimes as if God is far away.
Just when we seem to need God, just when we need Him the most it can seem as if God
is far away, but many times it can be that we have gone away from God and many times
we in fact have lost sight of Him.
We can start to focus on the problems and the problems become our god and we place
our problems center stage in our lifes and God can be pushed aside and then we cry
out to God and say " WHERE ARE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU "
In fact He never left us and He is far bigger .
far greater, than any poroblem.
The Amplified translation says in verse 3 of psalm 13.
3 Look on me and answer, O LORD my God.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death;
He alone can give light to our eyes and make us see again through the dark times.
Who were Davids enemies ?
were the enemies flesh and blood ?
were his enemies
men ?........ yes, but ........no
What force lay behind the men that chased and made Davids life like this ?
What enemy was David really fighting against ?
Was this really a battle won with sword and spear or was this a spiritual battle ?
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