Psalm 31:1,
5, and 24 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. In You, O Lord, I put my
trust; Let me never be ashamed; Deliver me in Your righteousness.
Into Your
hand I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
Be of good courage, And He shall
strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord.
One second David is praising God
and telling him he trusts him more than anything…the next he is venting the
deep sadness that creeps into his heart.
Then after he has vented to God the deepest hurts in his soul…his
finishes his prayer with more one praise. His wise words never cease to amaze
me…his heart so full of confusion….and deep pain…yet he uses words that show
his trust is fully in God…no matter what.
I love his concept of venting to
God in this Psalm…he places his vent between two times of praise...a praise
sandwich I will call it. If you really think about it …his ‘praise sandwich’
shows a level of trust most of us never reach while we live on this earth. He
comes to God to purely worship and praise him for who he is…even using the same
words Jesus did on the cross to place his entire life in God’s hands.
His vent was just a way to unload
the pain and heaviness of his burdens…he knew in his heart that God had it all
under control…but putting his pain into words made it more real for him…. it made
it easier for him to identify what he was letting go of…to completely let go of
what was bothering his spirit.
I will admit that I have not got a
clue what complete trust is. I strive for it…but know in my heart that I am so
very far away from really ‘getting’ the deeper meaning that David…and Jesus….and
Stephen (read Acts 7:59) understood in their hearts when they “committed their entire
spirits” to God’s hands. So I will begin to use David’s praise sandwich to keep
showing God I am trying.
Father…thank you for teaching me
yet another lesson in your true meaning of trust. Help me Lord to begin to praise you more than
I vent my pain….and always end my prayers wit a praise of who you are and what
you have done to save me. Show me how to deepen my understanding of your love
for others….so that I can begin to grasp what you really mean by trust. I place my full life in your hands…even
though I don’t really know what is coming next. I know in my heart it will be better than
anything I have ever experienced up to this day. Amen.
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