February 13, 2018
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Reading along with us in Psalms? Here’s today’s reading:
Psalm 41 (ESV)
Blessed is the one who considers the poor!
In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;
2 the Lord protects him and keeps him alive;
he is called blessed in the land;
you do not give him up to the will of his enemies.
3 The Lord sustains him on his sickbed;
in his illness you restore him to full health.
4 As for me, I said, “O Lord, be gracious to me;
heal me, for I have sinned against you!”
5 My enemies say of me in malice,
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 And when one comes to see me, he utters empty words,
while his heart gathers iniquity;
when he goes out, he tells it abroad.
7 All who hate me whisper together about me;
they imagine the worst for me...Continue Reading
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Blessed is the one who considers the poor!
In the day of trouble the Lord delivers him;
and set me in your presence forever.
13 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
from everlasting to everlasting!❤️
What comfort knowing God loves us unconditionally all the time and never betrays
How is that for amazing
As Mike Sylvia shared on Sunday, how hard it is when those we are close to hurt or betray us, which is exactly what is happening to David in this Psalm. Just imagine being sick and having people visit, learn of your weakness and then go out and broadcast to others, disparaging you. This is what David describes here. But where are we to turn in times like that? To the God who has mercy on us. And that is why David writes in the end and we agree, Praise be to the Lord the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. In other words it is only His opinion that matters!