Psalms 44:17-21 KJV
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Verse 21 is the focus of my attention today, but it is important, I think, that we keep it in context of the verses preceding it. The Psalmist does say that if we have forgotten God, surely He will search it out. But he says more than that. He says he had not forgotten God. Through the sore troubles he and his people were facing,
They had not turned back into hardness of heart
They had not forgotten their relationship with God and
They had not dealt falsely with the covenant God had made with them
And as surely as God would search out the secrets of their hearts if they had forgotten God, He has done the same in their faithfulness.
And this is why he may boldly say
Psalms 44:26 KJV
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
Even though the trials fall and even though in the midst of them we have conflicts, when we have that confidence that God has kept His covenants with us through Christ, we also may have the confidence to ask His to arise for our help.
All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death.
If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Verse 21 is the focus of my attention today, but it is important, I think, that we keep it in context of the verses preceding it. The Psalmist does say that if we have forgotten God, surely He will search it out. But he says more than that. He says he had not forgotten God. Through the sore troubles he and his people were facing,
They had not turned back into hardness of heart
They had not forgotten their relationship with God and
They had not dealt falsely with the covenant God had made with them
And as surely as God would search out the secrets of their hearts if they had forgotten God, He has done the same in their faithfulness.
And this is why he may boldly say
Psalms 44:26 KJV
Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake.
Even though the trials fall and even though in the midst of them we have conflicts, when we have that confidence that God has kept His covenants with us through Christ, we also may have the confidence to ask His to arise for our help.
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