Friday, January 22
Posted by The 5.2 Project on Friday, January 22, 2010
Let’s dig a little deeper today! Plant your
feet! Pray and commit your time to the Lord. Thank Him
that He sees you and that He promises to direct your
path.
Psalm 73 very directly addresses the matters at hand. Please grab your Bible and read it through!
Verse 1: Truly, God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. OOOOOH DID YOU SEE THAT?!?! The Psalmist (believed to be Asaph) planted His feet! This sentence is more significant than we may first realize. The root word for truly is “a word of faith, opposite to the Psalmist’s sense and Satan’s injections. He is not only “seemingly good”, but certainly good.” - Spurgeon The Psalmist uses a word to remind himself and others of past knowledge, of fact, of VICTORIES of God. He is only good. He is not “sometimes good, or usually good” but He IS GOOD. The Psalmist clearly needed to remind himself of that because his circumstances were NOT good. He was suffering. He wasn’t seeing goodness… yet. He knew He needed to remember who is capable of winning any battle. The verse is referring to what God has done for Israel … which may well not be those of us doing this study. However it states clearly the character of God, which applies to all of His children. Charles Spurgeon described the opening of the Psalm this way: “In verse 1, the Psalmist declares his confidence in God, and, as it were, plants his foot on a rock while he recounts his inward conflict.” Foot plantin’ !
Verse 2: But as for me…See what’s happening here? (You can refer to the steps for foot planting yesterday!) The Psalmist remembers and recounts who God is (REALITY). Then he recounts and remembers where he (the Psalmist) is (REALITY).
For Discussion: Read Psalm 73:1-13 Think through your own personal experience, and try to think through the personal hurt and betrayal that the Psalmist seems to be going through (He certainly didn’t hesitate to be real!!). Does He seem to have a legitimate complaint? What are the issues that he is struggling with?
Psalm 73 very directly addresses the matters at hand. Please grab your Bible and read it through!
Verse 1: Truly, God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. OOOOOH DID YOU SEE THAT?!?! The Psalmist (believed to be Asaph) planted His feet! This sentence is more significant than we may first realize. The root word for truly is “a word of faith, opposite to the Psalmist’s sense and Satan’s injections. He is not only “seemingly good”, but certainly good.” - Spurgeon The Psalmist uses a word to remind himself and others of past knowledge, of fact, of VICTORIES of God. He is only good. He is not “sometimes good, or usually good” but He IS GOOD. The Psalmist clearly needed to remind himself of that because his circumstances were NOT good. He was suffering. He wasn’t seeing goodness… yet. He knew He needed to remember who is capable of winning any battle. The verse is referring to what God has done for Israel … which may well not be those of us doing this study. However it states clearly the character of God, which applies to all of His children. Charles Spurgeon described the opening of the Psalm this way: “In verse 1, the Psalmist declares his confidence in God, and, as it were, plants his foot on a rock while he recounts his inward conflict.” Foot plantin’ !
Verse 2: But as for me…See what’s happening here? (You can refer to the steps for foot planting yesterday!) The Psalmist remembers and recounts who God is (REALITY). Then he recounts and remembers where he (the Psalmist) is (REALITY).
For Discussion: Read Psalm 73:1-13 Think through your own personal experience, and try to think through the personal hurt and betrayal that the Psalmist seems to be going through (He certainly didn’t hesitate to be real!!). Does He seem to have a legitimate complaint? What are the issues that he is struggling with?
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