5 Oct 2007

5 Oct - Jeremiah 4:19-6:14; Colossians 1:21-2:7; Psalm 77; Proverbs 24:23-25

Psalm 77: In the days of trouble I seek the Lord.

Interesting Psalm, because the psalm did not have God reply nor God promise of a deliverence to the psalmist in the days of trouble.

When we are anguish and in trouble, do we seek the Lord?
77:1 I cry aloud to God,aloud to God, and he will hear me.2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;

Why? Because he will hear me, because God is sure someone you can depends on, so much so that the psalmist describe God as someone whom who can run to can have that shoulder to cry on.
3 When I remember God, I moan;when I meditate, my spirit faints.

Surprise and surprise, even through the state of moaning.. no mentioned of deliverence. So much so, that the psalmist start to query has God lost his patience and his grace.
7 “Will the Lord spurn forever,and never again be favorable?8 Has his steadfast love forever ceased?Are his promises at an end for all time?9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?Has he in anger shut up his compassion?”

Of course the answer is no, but to a person in the days of trouble, such quietness from God is unberable. To me I consider it a time to test our relationship with God. Are we quick to forget about waiting and depending on God that we start to turn on our own strength or to other god?

The psalmist has a deep relationship with God, within hinself, he fought back, telling himself that no, God is still the great God.
11 I will remember the deeds of the Lord;yes, I will remember your wonders of old.12 I will ponder all your work,and meditate on your mighty deeds.13 Your way, O God, is holy.What god is great like our God?

Where is our faith? The short time of unanswered prayer, deepen our faith with God. Remember the old, remember the time whenGod answer our prayers and remembered the time when God reveal himself. Waiting adds faith and increase faith produces a deeper relationship with God.

We serve a God that will not leave us in times of trouble. So do we seek and do we choose to wait. Psalm 77 ends without getting a promise of any deliverence from God, but anchorsed a deeper understaning and a stronger relationship with the Lord.