Psalms 74:22 KJV
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
The 73rd Psalm ends on the note, "It is good for me to draw near unto God."
But the 74th again has the Psalmist grieving over the condition of his world ("the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.")
It is the struggle that is part and parcel with believing in Christ and belonging to (not as being of it but in it) this world.
• On the one hand we have great joy and peace in knowing we are saved
• But on the other we are oppressed by the wickedness of the lost
• On the one hand we are glad for those circumstances that draw us to the Lord
• But on the other we get so burdened with the weight of those same circumstances
• On the one hand we have faith and Assurance that God will reign in eternity
• But on the other we wrestle with the fact that the devil has such victory today
The Psalmist's answer, and a lesson that would make wise practice in our prayer life today, was to plead that God Himself would plead His own cause. It is reminiscent of the Lord's model prayer, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." The most powerful prayers we could bring to God are those that his will be done.
Lord, we are in need of thy hand. Plead your own cause for people today.
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
The 73rd Psalm ends on the note, "It is good for me to draw near unto God."
But the 74th again has the Psalmist grieving over the condition of his world ("the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.")
It is the struggle that is part and parcel with believing in Christ and belonging to (not as being of it but in it) this world.
• On the one hand we have great joy and peace in knowing we are saved
• But on the other we are oppressed by the wickedness of the lost
• On the one hand we are glad for those circumstances that draw us to the Lord
• But on the other we get so burdened with the weight of those same circumstances
• On the one hand we have faith and Assurance that God will reign in eternity
• But on the other we wrestle with the fact that the devil has such victory today
The Psalmist's answer, and a lesson that would make wise practice in our prayer life today, was to plead that God Himself would plead His own cause. It is reminiscent of the Lord's model prayer, "Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven." The most powerful prayers we could bring to God are those that his will be done.
Lord, we are in need of thy hand. Plead your own cause for people today.
No comments:
Post a Comment