#DailyDevotion It's Ok To Express Your Feeling Of Hopelessness To The LORD
#DailyDevotion It's Ok To Express Your Feeling Of Hopelessness To The LORD Psalm 89 38But You put away, rejected, and became angry with the one You anointed. 39You have given up the covenant with Your servant and made his crown unholy in the dust. 40You tore down all his walls and laid his fortified cities in ruins. 41All who went along the road plundered him, and his neighbors insulted him. 42You held high the right hand of his enemies and made all his foes happy. 43Yes, You turned back his sharp sword and didn't support him in battle. 44You put an end to his splendor and hurled his throne to the ground. 45You cut short the days of his youth and covered him with disgrace. Such was the case of the Davidic dynasty. Those who followed David were not as faithful as David. The LORD became angry with most of them. The LORD was not with them. During their reigns the house of David did not prosper. Judah's enemies ran roughshod over them. Ultimately with the Babylonians, the house of David was cut down. The walls of the holy city were in ruins. The people of Judah and all its princes were either killed or exiled to Babylon. Jesus, the Son of David, also fulfills these words in His life. The Father laid all our sins and iniquities on Him though He knew no sin. The Father's anger was unleashed upon Jesus in the courts of the Sanhedrin and Pilate ending with Jesus on the cross. His enemies mocked him. His days were cut short and it seemed His splendor and throne were hurled into the grave. This was necessary for our salvation and for His exaltation on the third day. 46How long, O LORD? Will You hide forever? How long will Your anger burn like fire? 47Remember O Lord, how short my life is. Why have You made all human beings for vanity? 48Does any man live without experiencing death; can any rescue his life from the grave? 49Where is the kindness You showed at first, O Lord, and faithfully promised David with an oath? 50Remember, O Lord, how Your servants are scorned. I carry in my heart all those nations 51whom Your enemies have scorned, O LORD, who also scorn every step of the one You anointed. The Davidic house during the time of the exile and thereafter certainly cried this out. It would be 400 years until the promised seed of David would come. The house of David wondered how long it would be until God's wrath against it for leading the people astray would end. We have some statements here that probably apply to all of us at one time or another. How short our lives are. Our lives are but vanity. We all experience death. It may seem hopeless at times. They felt this all the more having had the blessing of the Almighty. During this intermittent period, the house of David wondered where the kindness shown to David is? They cried out to the LORD to remember how they were scorned. Their scorn would end with Jesus of Nazareth who ultimately is seated at the right hand of the Father. 52Blessed be the LORD forever. So be it! So be it! An interesting way to end this psalm as we look at from these last verses. It is from the point of hopelessness the psalmist blesses the LORD. It is from the point being the focal point of God's wrath and anger he blesses the LORD. It is from the point of humiliation that he blesses the LORD. Perhaps the LORD had revealed the outcome of it in Jesus of Nazareth. Amen, Amen. So be it. So be it. It should not be seen as resignation to the sorry nature of the psalmist but to the faithfulness of God. Heavenly Father, in midst of all our trials and tribulations, when life seems hopeless, put forth Your promises before us in Christ Jesus that we may be lifted up and be able to endure all hardships knowing the reward You have for all Your faithful ones. In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. Read the full article
