My Song of Thanks Psalm 28:7 It is not known with certainty what exact event or experience occasioned the writing of this Psalm. It does confess many of the struggles David had throughout his career, difficulties to which we all can relate even today. Namely: 1) The Struggle of Prayer. David realized, as all do, that praying involves us talking to a God that we cannot see, or hear. We talk, He is silent. Does He listen? Does He answer? David cries out in the beginning of the psalm, “. . . do not be deaf to me, lest, if Thou be silent to me, I become like those who go down to the pit. . . .” (27:1). Effective prayer involves great faith, a conviction that God does hear! 2) The Question of Justice. Psalm 27:3-5 contains pleas that God not indiscriminately drag the innocent along with the guilty into punishment, or alternately, let the guilty go unpunished. It could be no other way if God is JUST. In 28:6, David declares that God heard his prayer. We are not told how he knew this, but we have here a dramatic testimony that gives rise to the doxology of Psalm 28:7—“The Lord is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, and with my song I shall thank Him.” We are reminded that once David could have taken Saul’s life in the cave, but didn’t. He let the Lord be his strength and his shield. David demonstrated trust in the Lord when times were tough for him, and he was helped, as he declares in this Psalm. How can we thank God properly for what He has done for us? As a musician, David composed songs. Therefore he expressed his thankfulness in song. You have a “song” too! You contribute to the cause of Christ in many ways. Show your thanks to Him for what He has done for you by using YOUR talent to praise Him! Compose your “song” of thanks! - Jeff Lovitt
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 08:00:00 +0000
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