Psalm 6
O LORD, Deliver My Life
TO THE CHOIRMASTER: WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS; ACCORDING TO THE SHEMINITH. A PSALM OF DAVID.
O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.
Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.
My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O LORD—how long?
Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
In this #SeasonOfRearranging, we could play the blame game outwardly – that is, to find the source of our pain and our torment from an external source, even blame God Himself for the rebuke and the nuances of discipline. Or, we could look inwardly – that is, to see just how deep the pain goes; it could very well go as deep within as our bones, or deeper still, to trouble our souls.
But whoever we blame, it’s in these verses that I’m reminded that we should look beyond the pain, to the One who could deliver us from all of it. We can wallow in self-pity or lash out in anger but by God’s grace, I believe that through Christ we could take all of that pent-up energy… we could take all of the frustration, anxiety, and the persistent fear, and cry out to the Lord for our deliverance, and for our salvation.
Last night, as I was praying for the men, I exhorted and we agreed that while we understand and deeply appreciate that Christ has saved us (past tense), we shouldn’t stop there; we should dare to go further, to understand that the Salvation we have is as timeless as Christ Himself, and to say that Christ HAS saved us, sure, but Christ is also SAVING us, and He WILL save us – we have a timeless salvation that only He can provide, as His Salvation is as He is – He is IN our past, present, and future.
In times when even the Truth of our timeless salvation does little to provide immediate comfort for us, we can still give thanks to God, for through Christ we can come as we are to His throne of grace, no matter what is in our hearts or minds – He listens to us when we think our minds are sturdy and squared away, much as He would listen to us as we plead,
For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?
I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.
And that’s all that really spoke to me while I went through this Psalm; but David goes even further in his lament – beyond the pain, he speaks of his foes: My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes. Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
We understand that we can look inwardly and focus on the pain, we can also blame God… but we can also place the blame on others, calling them our foes. And there’s nothing wrong with this; there really isn’t anything wrong with being real with what we see immediately before us. Again, the privilege we have, being in the body of Christ, is that we can take all of these thoughts, emotions, and musings and lay ALL of them down before our God, as a child brings his issues to his Father.
And when we do, let’s not be surprised if we respond, exhorting as David did:
The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer.
All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.
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