YOUR COMPASSION REACHES THE SKIES
Psalm 57:2-12
Key verse 57:11
Paul said that everything works together for the good of them that love the Lord, called according to His purpose (Rm8:28). On the other hand, all things work together for the bad of those who look down on God. This pslam explains this truth.
1. Have mercy on me (1-7)
David had to undergo terrible calamities. Despite this, he did not lose faith in God and God protected him even though that those were some difficult times (3). Everything worked out for Daniel's good. Daniel's faith is astonishing. He always sought his refuge in God and he always asked Him for His mercy. God sent him the protecting angel. However, it was not an angel with six wings but the Word of God (4) that gave him hope, vision and faith. God's Word gave him sufficient strength to pursue his path. Daniel was in such a terrible situation that it was like a prey that was in a lion's claws. However, his humble prayer rose up to God because he wanted to please Him with all his heart. We need to know that God is above all and that His name is glorious while man is mortal. Man has to lift up His name.
2. God's goodness and His truth (7-12)
Paul said that everything works together for the good of them that love the Lord, called according to His purpose (Rm8:28). On the other hand, all things work together for the bad of those who look down on God. This pslam explains this truth.
1. Have mercy on me (1-7)
David had to undergo terrible calamities. Despite this, he did not lose faith in God and God protected him even though that those were some difficult times (3). Everything worked out for Daniel's good. Daniel's faith is astonishing. He always sought his refuge in God and he always asked Him for His mercy. God sent him the protecting angel. However, it was not an angel with six wings but the Word of God (4) that gave him hope, vision and faith. God's Word gave him sufficient strength to pursue his path. Daniel was in such a terrible situation that it was like a prey that was in a lion's claws. However, his humble prayer rose up to God because he wanted to please Him with all his heart. We need to know that God is above all and that His name is glorious while man is mortal. Man has to lift up His name.
2. God's goodness and His truth (7-12)
Two group of words appear very often his Pslam. First of all, the pslamist spoke about God's goodness and His truth. These two attributes reveal God's thoughts (4,11). God uses them to console them and to show them the way. These things are really spiritual and they reach the sky. The philosophies of the World are all useless despite their wonderful appearance. Those who study them are ephermal.Then David said that lifting God's name up and making His glory spread all over the World constitute man's goal. We Christians have to pursue this goal despite the fact that it apprears that God's name is burried in this World. For this reason the pslamist wanted to shout God's attributes and from the morning to the night. Therefore, he wanted to wake up early in the morning and even before the coming of dawn. This is the best time of the morning to meditate God's glory.
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