July 2020

31/07/2020

Psalm 4 and 17
Why me Lord?

The book of Psalms addresses all the feelings one could experience, challenges we might face and also offers guidance for serving the Lord. Let’s spend some time and discuss these over the next few days or weeks, depending on how the Lord leads us.

Are you seeking answers for some of the toughest questions in life and is your first response to “bad” things that happen to you, “why me?”

In the very first verse of these chapters we notice David pleading with the Lord to hear his prayer, respond to him and answer him. Do you plead with the Lord to answer you when in distress, to “give heed to your cry” or do you blame Him for allowing adversity in your life?

If you feel you have held fast to the Lord and your feet have not slipped (17 v 5), you are in right standing with Him and have put your trust in Him (4 v 5) and still seem to suffer due to the challenges you are facing – bring your case before the Lord. Stand on the promise that when you ask (in His Name) you shall receive, although not always in the manner which you expect…

Ask Him to make it known to you why these things are happening. Ask Him to reveal the innermost parts of your heart, so that you can discern whether you are in the faith. Ask Him to convict you if you have sinned. The Lord will show you these things if you are sincere and in pursuit of the Truth.

Sometimes the Lord does not reveal to you the reasons for certain things and it might seem He is inconsistent and unreliable because you feel you have not done anything wrong and you may be right. Not that everything bad that happens should be seen as punishment, but you get my point, right?

Daniel and His friends trusted in the Lord to intervene, but was willing to pay the price and remain faithful, even when He didn’t save them. The Lord Jesus Himself, asked for the cup to pass Him by, but accepted the Father’s will. I believe that if we trust the Lord unconditionally, He will carry you through, but if there are lessons to be learnt, then be prepared to suffer as He did.

We get stuck and totally hung up on this life and lose perspective of what this life is about so easily. This is a school where we prepare for a life in eternity, in the presence of our Creator and Redeemer, when everything will be made clear to us.

Remember this, when in doubt… “For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known” (1 Cor 13 v 12) [NIV] or as the KJV would state “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known“.

Scripture quotations taken from the NASB, Life Application Study Bible, unless stated otherwise. Copyright by “The Lockman Foundation“