Read: Ps. 131, 138-139, 143-145
I love David’s humble heart. In Psalm 138:8 it says, “The Lord will perfect that which concerns me.” I have always thought it meant that God would make perfect the things I worry about but in researching the Hebrew I found that it meant a little more than that. It means that God will cause to fail or bring to an end the things that have come up against me by his kindness and rarely by his reproof. It goes along with that scripture that says that by God’s kindness he leads us to repentance. We often want God to come down and right all the wrong, rebuke the sinner and defend our honor but God is on both sides. He loves the sinner and the righteous and his desire is that all come to Him so he chooses to be merciful when we would like him to correct and he chooses to love when we want him to hate. The end of David’s sentence is “thy mercy, O Lord, endureth forever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.” David, in his own flesh wants God to defeat all his enemies and give them what they deserve but he knows that God is merciful so he is trying to pray as God would. If think that is why David is called a man after God’s own heart. He starts out in his own anger and always comes to God’s conclusion.
Psalm 139 is an all-time favorite and a great one to memorize. If you ever feel insignificant or alone this is a great one to let you know how precious we are to God and how intricately planned everything about us is.
Lord, may our sons be as grown plants even in their youth and may our daughters be corner stones that are polished and shining your Spirit. May we wait upon You today. Give us Your heart.
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