Thursday, September 1, 2016

BLESSED BE THE LORD, THE GOD OF ISRAEL


1st, september, 2016

PSALM 41



1)      The steadfast love of God

The psalmist exalts those who consider the poor with steadfast love, because it's a caracteristic of God. The steadfast love of God is the reason of his deliverance in illness and his support in suffering. Who was the enemy ? David' son, who had a double heart, who spoke of him in malice. In human kingdoms, there was a lot of betrayal of friends which broke the heart. Jesus also said in John 13:18 « He who ate my bread has liflted his heel against me ».


2) The praise of the God of Israel

When David was desperate because of enemies, he raised his eyes to God and kept hope because it's God who judges. He trusted in the Eternal God thinking he still delighted in him. The proof is that his enemy will be humiliated and God will restore the situation. So David praised the God of Israel. In the story, God went alway with Israel. When Israel was humiliated, God restored the situation, raised them up, blessed them, covered their fault. For exemple, Jacob and his sons in Egypt. The psalmist prophesizes : after captivity in Babylon because of David's sins, God will form a kindgom in Canaan.

The God of Israel was also our God. After the time of humiliation, God raises us up, God keeps delighting in us, so that we will be a source of blessing.


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