Thursday
Evening Bible Study
September
22, 2016
Introduction
Do people see Jesus? Is the gospel
preached? Does it address the person who is: Empty, lonely, guilty, or afraid
to die? Does it speak to the broken
hearted? Does it build up the church? Milk – Meat – Manna Preach for a decision
Is the church loved? Target 3300 words
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The English word psalm comes
from a Greek word that means “a poem sung to musical accompaniment”, or in
particular, “stringed instruments”.
The Hebrew name is tehillim,
which means “praises.”
The book of Psalms is the hymnbook of God’s people.
It’s also the “Him” book as well. It’s all about Jesus.
The writer of Hebrews quotes from
Psalm 40:8 when he writes,
(Hebrews 10:7 NKJV) Then I
said, ‘Behold, I have come— In the
volume of the book it is written of Me— To do Your will, O God.’ ”
The author was talking about Jesus.
We’re going to see a lot of Jesus
in the Psalms.
Soul Music
Music touches the soul. It’s
“soulish” in nature. It touches the emotions.
We’re going to find every kind of
emotion possible expressed in the Psalms.
For every sigh there is a Psalm.
For most of us, this is what makes
the Psalms so wonderful. We can identify. We can relate.
If we were honest, even darkest
most depressing Psalms describe the very things we go through day by day.
It is my prayer that as we continue
on this journey through the Psalms, we won’t just look at these songs
academically, with our mind, but that we may also grow as worshippers.
Psalm 69 From Mud to Praise
69:1-12 Depression
: To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A Psalm of David.
Set to “The Lilies.”
Shoshannim – shuwshan
– “lily”
This may refer to a type of
instrument, or it may refer to the name of the tune.
There are four Psalms written to
this melody – Ps. 45, 60, 69, 80.
A Psalm of David
This Psalm will have quite a prophetic aspect to it. Though David is recounting things from his
own life, expressing his own fears and frustrations, we’re going to see glimpses
of Jesus peeking through.
Be careful that you don’t try and force every verse to speak about Jesus,
that’s not the way prophecy works.
Jesus is going to be woven in and out of this psalm.
:1 Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.
:2 I sink in deep mire, Where there is no standing; I have come into
deep waters, Where the floods overflow me.
:2 I sink in deep mire
David is describing a very dark, sad time in his life.
Was Jesus ever troubled?
Yes. In the Garden of Gethsemane, while He prayed…
(Luke 22:44 NKJV) And
being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great
drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Yes. On the cross,
(Matthew
27:46 NKJV) And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying,
“Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” that is, “My God, My God, why have You
forsaken Me?”
deep – m@tsowlah
– depth, the deep, the deep sea
mire – yaven
– mire, mirer
Isaiah has a wonderful promise:
(Isaiah 43:2 NKJV) When you
pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through
the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall
the flame scorch you.
Even though God promises not to let the waters flood over us, it sure feels
like we’re going to drown sometimes.
The important thing to remember is that through all of it, God is with us.
:3 I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait
for my God.
:4 Those who hate me without a cause Are more than the hairs of my head;
They are mighty who would destroy me, Being my enemies wrongfully;
Though I have stolen nothing, I still must restore it.
:4 Those who hate me without a cause
We begin to dip in to the prophetic
here.
Lesson
No reason
Sometimes there’s just no legitimate reason for people to hate us as
Christians.
Jesus said,
(John 15:18–25 NKJV)
—18 “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it
hated you. 19
If
you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of
the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the
word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they
persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will
keep yours also. 21
But
all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not
know Him who sent Me. 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have no sin, but
now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He who hates Me hates My Father also. 24 If I had not
done among them the works which no one else did, they would have no sin; but
now they have seen and also hated both Me and My Father. 25 But this
happened that the word might be fulfilled which is written in their law, ‘They
hated Me without a cause.’
Jesus was quoting this psalm. Sometimes people will hate you for no other
reason than you’re a Christian.
:4 more than the hairs of my
head
If those who hate you are more than
the number of hairs on your head, it would be preferable to be bald … ;-)
David is not feeling very “liked”
at the moment.
:4 Though I have stolen nothing,
I still must restore it
(Psalm 69:4 NLT) …Many
enemies try to destroy me with lies, demanding that I give back what I didn’t
steal.
:5 O God, You know my foolishness; And my sins are not hidden from You.
foolishness – ‘ivveleth
– foolishness, folly
sins – ‘ashmah
– guiltiness, guilt, offense, sin, wrong-doing
:5 my sins are not hidden from
You
David isn’t claiming that he’s a
sinless person.
Here’s an example of not forcing
Jesus into every verse – Jesus had no sin.
:6 Let not those who wait for You, O Lord God
of hosts, be ashamed because of me; Let not those who seek You be confounded
because of me, O God of Israel.
:6 not…be ashamed because of me
Like David, you and I represent all
believers.
David doesn’t want to bring shame
to other believers by acting irresponsibly.
:7 Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Shame has covered my face.
:8 I have become a stranger to my brothers, And an alien to my mother’s
children;
:8 a stranger to my brothers
Jesus was not understood.
Early in His ministry, Jesus’ friends and family wondered if He was crazy.
(Mark 3:21 NKJV) But when His
own people heard about this, they went out to lay hold of Him, for they
said, “He is out of His mind.”
John writes that at one point, that Jesus’ brothers were kind of mocking
Him …
(John 7:5 NKJV) For even His
brothers did not believe in Him.
Isaiah would write,
(Isaiah 53:3 NKJV) He is
despised and rejected by men…
Not just a
stranger to His own immediate family, but even the family of Israel.
:9 Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up, And the reproaches of those
who reproach You have fallen on me.
:9 zeal for Your house has eaten me up
I came across this in my reading the other day…
Illustration
When Theodore Roosevelt was a young boy, he was afraid to set foot inside a
church and his mother asked him why. He
was terrified, she discovered of something called the “zeal”. It was crouched in the dark corners of the
church ready to jump at him, he said.
When she asked was a zeal might be, he said he was not sure, but thought
it was probably a large animal like an alligator or a dragon. He had heard the minister read about it from
the Bible.
Using a concordance, she read him those passages containing the word “zeal”
until suddenly, very excited, he told her to stop. The line from the Book of John, chapter 2,
verse 17: “And his disciples remember
that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.”
- from “Mornings on Horseback”, David
McCullough (Location 1677)
Actually, “zeal” isn’t something we ought to fear.
In fact, this is another glimpse of Jesus.
When Jesus came into Jerusalem at the beginning of His ministry, He was
grieved at how the Temple had become sort of a religious shopping mall. He made a whip out of cords and drove the
merchants and money changers out of the Temple.
Jesus was more concerned about God’s house than being
“accepted”. He was so concerned for what
was right that He was willing to upset a few apple carts.
John recorded it was just another fulfillment of prophecy…
(John
2:17 NKJV) Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for
Your house has eaten Me up.”
:9 the reproaches of those who reproach You
Lesson
Don’t sweat the insults
Paul wrote to the Romans about what we might call “gray” issues.
These are things that some people think are wrong, while others think are
right.
In Paul’s day, the issue was about whether or not to eat meat that had been
sacrificed to idols.
The truth was that it wasn’t a big deal to eat meat that
had been sacrificed to an idol because idols were not real beings. Yet some people had a weak conscience and had
trouble doing this.
Paul concluded in Romans 14 that we should be careful not to do things that
would cause another person to stumble.
Then Paul wrote,
(Romans 15:1–4 NLT)
—1 We who are strong must be considerate of those who are sensitive
about things like this. We must not just please ourselves. 2 We should
help others do what is right and build them up in the Lord. 3 For even
Christ didn’t live to please himself. As the Scriptures say, “The insults of
those who insult you, O God, have fallen on me.” 4 Such things were written in the
Scriptures long ago to teach us. And the Scriptures give us hope and
encouragement as we wait patiently for God’s promises to be fulfilled.
David was writing that sometimes the bad things or insults
that people say about God lands on us.
Paul made a point of saying that Jesus didn’t run from
letting these insults land on him.
Because of Jesus’ example, we shouldn’t sweat about when
people try to insult us, but rather we should be more concerned about doing
what’s right and built people up.
:10 When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting, That became my
reproach.
:11 I also made sackcloth my garment; I became a byword to them.
byword – mashal
– proverb, parable
(Psalm 69:11 NLT) When I dress
in burlap to show sorrow, they make fun of me.
When David was serious about seeking God for help, they only mocked him.
:12 Those who sit in the gate speak against me, And I am the song of
the drunkards.
:12 Those who sit in the gate speak against me
Judges and leaders were the ones who “sat in the gate”.
This was where public court was
held.
David is saying that the city leaders were against him.
Just like Jesus.
69:13-21 Cry for help
:13 But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord, in the acceptable time; O God, in the multitude
of Your mercy, Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.
acceptable – ratsown
– pleasure, delight, favour, goodwill, acceptance, will
:14 Deliver me out of the mire, And let me not sink; Let me be delivered
from those who hate me, And out of the deep waters.
:15 Let not the floodwater overflow me, Nor let the deep swallow me up; And
let not the pit shut its mouth on me.
:14 Deliver me out of the mire
Recognize the problem.
When you’re struggling with a problem, when you’re in depression, ask God
for help.
:16 Hear me, O Lord, for Your
lovingkindness is good; Turn to me according to the multitude of Your
tender mercies.
Reasons to pray when you’re struggling:
God’s lovingkindness is good
lovingkindness – checed – goodness,
kindness, faithfulness
This is God’s “loyal love”.
You can trust in God’s love for you.
God has a multitude of tender mercies
tender mercies – racham – compassion
God is moved by your struggles. He
cares. Lots.
:17 And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in trouble; Hear
me speedily.
:17 do not hide Your face
Aaron’s blessing says it this way:
(Numbers 6:24–26
NKJV) —24 “The Lord bless you
and keep you; 25
The
Lord make His face shine upon
you, And be
gracious to you;
26 The Lord lift up His
countenance upon you, And give you peace.” ’
We want God’s face to shine on us, not hide from us.
:18 Draw near to my soul, and redeem it; Deliver me because of my
enemies.
:19 You know my reproach, my shame, and my dishonor; My adversaries are
all before You.
:19 You know my reproach, my shame
God knows especially when it’s the insults they have toward Him that are
landing on us (vs. 9)
:20 Reproach has broken my heart, And I am full of heaviness; I looked for
someone to take pity, but there was none; And for comforters, but I
found none.
:20 Reproach has broken my heart
The word “reproach” has been used five times in this psalm. It’s a big concept. (vs. 7,9,10,19,20)
reproach – cherpah – reproach,
scorn, shame
This is what David has been experiencing, this was what Jesus experienced.
Lesson
Nowhere else to turn
(Hebrews 4:15–16
NKJV) —15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our
weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet
without sin. 16 Let us
therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find
grace to help in time of need.
Brene made a difference between “sympathy” and “empathy”, something that’s
important in our English language, but don’t press the difference too far when
it comes to Biblical terms.
The writer of Hebrews says that Jesus has “sympathy”
towards us, but His “sympathy” is a lot like Brene’s definition of “empathy”.
Though we all need to learn to have “empathy” towards each other, there
will be times when it seems that no one understands.
Jesus does.
You can draw near to Him even when there is no one else
around.
:21 They also gave me gall for my food, And for my thirst they gave me
vinegar to drink.
:21 They also gave me gall for my food
gall – ro’sh – gall,
venom, bitter, poisonous
David seems to be talking about his own situation, and yet eerily this
would be a prophecy of what Jesus would experience.
It’s recorded in all four gospels, including:
(Matthew 27:34 NKJV)
they
gave Him sour wine mingled with gall to drink. But when He had tasted it,
He would not drink.
(Matthew 27:48 NKJV) Immediately
one of them ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine and put it
on a reed, and offered it to Him to drink.
(Mark 15:23 NKJV) Then they
gave Him wine mingled with myrrh to drink, but He did not take it.
(Luke 23:36 NKJV) The
soldiers also mocked Him, coming and offering Him sour wine,
(John 19:29 NKJV) Now a
vessel full of sour wine was sitting there; and they filled a sponge with sour
wine, put it on hyssop, and put it to His mouth.
69:22-29 Cry for Vengeance
:22 Let their table become a snare before them, And their well-being a
trap.
:23 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see; And make their
loins shake continually.
:24 Pour out Your indignation upon them, And let Your wrathful anger take
hold of them.
:24 Pour out Your indignation upon them
On the cross, Jesus prayed, “Father forgive them…”
But there will be a day when God’s anger will be justly poured out on the
earth, seemingly quoting this verse:
(Romans 12:19 NKJV) Beloved,
do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is
written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
(Revelation 16:1
NKJV) Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven
angels, “Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth.”
:25 Let their dwelling place be desolate; Let no one live in their tents.
:25 Let their dwelling place be desolate
After the death of Jesus, and the suicide of Judas Iscariot, the disciples
were unsure about whether they should replace Judas.
what to do, since there had been
twelve of them, correlating to the twelve tribes of Israel, and now one was
missing.
When they gathered to discuss it, they saw this verse as a prophetic hint
of Judas:
(Acts 1:20 NKJV) “For it is
written in the Book of Psalms: ‘Let his dwelling place be desolate, And let no one live in it’; and, ‘Let another
take his office.’
They used our verse, along with
(Psalm
109:8 NKJV) Let his days be few, And let another take his office.
They felt that these verses gave them reason to elect
someone to take the place of Judas among the twelve.
They chose a man named Matthias to take the twelfth spot.
:26 For they persecute the ones You have struck, And talk of the
grief of those You have wounded.
:26 they persecute the ones You have struck
The Old King James (as well as NAS, ESV, NLT) translates the italicized
word as:
(Psalm 69:26 AV) For they
persecute him whom thou hast smitten…
That fits our picture of Jesus.
(Isaiah 53:4–5 NKJV)
—4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for
our iniquities; The
chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.
(Isaiah 53:10 NKJV) Yet it
pleased the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief. When You make His soul an offering for sin, He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, And the pleasure of the Lord
shall prosper in His hand.
God would “smite” Jesus for our sins.
He took the penalty for our sins.
And yet the people still turned on Him.
:27 Add iniquity to their iniquity, And let them not come into Your
righteousness.
:28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, And not be written
with the righteous.
:29 But I am poor and sorrowful; Let Your salvation, O God, set me
up on high.
:28 blotted out of the book of the living
The simple concept behind this phrase is to “let them die”.
Yet this concept is picked up in the New Testament as a literal “book”
dealing with eternal life.
Paul wrote,
(Philippians 4:3
NKJV) And I urge you also, true companion, help these women who labored
with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and the rest of my fellow workers,
whose names are in the Book of Life.
We see this “book of life” as a list of all those who will be saved in
heaven.
We see this “book” pop up six times in the book of Revelation, including:
(Revelation 3:5
NKJV) He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not
blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My
Father and before His angels.
(Revelation 13:8 NKJV) —8 All who
dwell on the earth will worship him, whose names have not been written in the
Book of Life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
(Revelation 17:8 NKJV) —8 The beast
that you saw was, and is not, and will ascend out of the bottomless pit and go
to perdition. And those who dwell on the earth will marvel, whose names are not
written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world, when they see the
beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
(Revelation 20:12 NKJV) —12 And I saw
the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And
another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were
judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
(Revelation 20:15 NKJV) —15 And anyone
not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
(Revelation 21:27 NKJV) —27 But there
shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes an abomination or a
lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
While David was asking that these bad people be blotted out, God promises
believers that they will NOT be blotted out.
69:30-36 Praise for help
:30 I will praise the name of God with a song, And will magnify Him with
thanksgiving.
:31 This also shall please the Lord
better than an ox or bull, Which has horns and hooves.
:32 The humble shall see this and be glad; And you who seek God,
your hearts shall live.
:33 For the Lord hears the
poor, And does not despise His prisoners.
:34 Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in
them.
:35 For God will save Zion And build the cities of Judah, That they may
dwell there and possess it.
:36 Also, the descendants of His servants shall inherit it, And those who
love His name shall dwell in it.
:31 please the Lord …
better than an ox
The picture is that of sacrificing an animal for your sins.
Lesson
Better than sacrifice
Though a proper sacrifice can be a “pleasing aroma” to God, There are two
things that God prefers to “sacrifice”.
1. Obedience
When King Saul fought against the Amalekites, he was told to completely
wipe out these horrible people. Though
Saul killed many, he didn’t wipe them out, and he told Samuel that his plan was
to offer to God a sacrifice of the animals they had captured.
(1 Samuel 15:22
NKJV) So Samuel said: “Has the Lord as
great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in
obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to
obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams.
God would much rather that you learn to obey Him than always asking for
forgiveness.
2. Praise
God loves to hear our praise (vs. 30)
Praising God with a song is better than an animal
sacrifice.
David was in a difficult time, stuck in the “mire”. Yet he was learning to praise God.
When we are faced with difficulty, we can do one of two things, we can
complain, or trust.
All through their journey to the Promised Land, the
Israelites kept falling into a bad habit of complaining about everything.
They complained about water. (Ex. 15:24)
(Numbers 21:4–5 NKJV) —4 Then they journeyed from Mount Hor by the Way of the Red Sea, to
go around the land of Edom; and the soul of the people became very discouraged
on the way. 5 And the people spoke
against God and against Moses: “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die
in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and our soul
loathes this worthless bread.”
(Exodus 15:24 NKJV) —24 And the people complained against Moses, saying, “What shall we
drink?”
They complained about food. (Ex. 16:3)
(Exodus 16:3 NKJV) —3 And
the children of Israel said to them, “Oh, that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat
by the pots of meat and when we ate bread to the full! For you have
brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
What God would prefer is that we learn to trust Him.
He actually knows what He’s doing.
If we truly trust Him, then we can learn to “praise” Him
and thank Him, even if we don’t know what the solution is yet to our problem.
We say “thanks” because we know He sees us, He understands
us, and He will do what is right.
Psalm 70 - Forgotten
: To the Chief Musician. A Psalm Of David. To Bring to Remembrance.
To Bring to Remembrance
One suggestion as to why this is a song for “remembrance” is to make the
listener remember the things sung of in Psalm 40, because this Psalm is almost
an exact copy of the last five verses of Psalm 40 (Ps. 40:13-17).
But looking at the Psalm, I think that perhaps David is simply feeling
forgotten.
Illustration
The Indian Chief
An Australian travel writer touring Canada was checking out of the
Spokane Hilton, and as he paid his bill to the manager, he asked, “By the way, what’s
with the Indian chief sitting in the lobby? He’s been there ever since I
arrived.” “Oh that’s ‘Big Chief Forget-me Not’,” said the manager. “The hotel
is built on an Indian reservation, and part of the agreement is to allow the
chief free use of the premises for the rest of his life. He is known as ‘Big
Chief Forget-me Not’ because of his phenomenal memory. He is 92 and can
remember the slightest detail of his life.” The travel writer took this in, and
as he was waiting for his cab decided to put the chief’s memory to the test.
“’ello, mate!” said the Aussie, receiving only a slight nod in return. “What
did you have for breakfast on your 21st birthday?” “Eggs,” was the
chief’s instant reply, without even looking up, and indeed the Aussie was
impressed. He went off on his travel writing itinerary, right across to the
east coast and back, telling others of Big Chief Forget-me Not’s great memory.
One local noted to him that “How!” was a more appropriate greeting for an
Indian chief than “ello mate” On his return to the Spokane Hilton, six months
later, he was surprised to see ‘Big Chief Forget-me Not’ still sitting in the
lobby, fully occupied with whittling away on a stick. But, remembering his
friend’s advice he greeted Chief Forget-me Not in the more appropriate fashion.
“How?” said the Aussie. “Scrambled,” said the Chief.
Well, Chief Forget-me Not might have a great memory, but frankly sometimes
it feels like God has forgotten us.
What do I do when I feel forgotten?
:1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me! Make haste to help me, O Lord!
:1 Make haste, O God
Lesson
Wait on God
David is asking God to “hurry up”, but in reality, trusting in God is about
me learning adjust my life to God’s speed in handling things.
God’s idea of time is a bit different than ours.
He said, “Behold I come quickly” … 2,000 years ago.
Moses wrote,
(Psalm
90:4 NKJV) For a thousand years in Your sight Are like
yesterday when it is past, And like a watch in the night.
Our timing isn’t the same as God’s timing.
Sometimes the idea of what we think we need isn’t quite right, and it’s
going to take some time for God to tweak it until we get it right.
Sometimes we aren’t ready to receive the answer. Sometimes the refining
work that the trial is causing isn’t finished.
Sometimes the people affected by our situation aren’t ready for the change.
Sometimes you feel forgotten because you’re simply ahead of where God wants
you to be.
:2 Let them be ashamed and confounded Who seek my life; Let them be turned
back and confused Who desire my hurt.
:3 Let them be turned back because of their shame, Who say, “Aha, aha!”
:3 Let them be turned back and confused
David is simply asking God to take care of his enemies, those who are
looking to destroy him.
:4 Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And let those who
love Your salvation say continually, “Let God be magnified!”
:4 Let all those who seek You rejoice
Lesson
Rejoice for others
David is talking about his friends, those who love God. He’s saying, “Let
all the God-loving people be glad for how You are helping me”
Am I glad when someone else is blessed by God? Am I glad when someone is
rescued or saved by God?
But what if their blessing was something like a promotion, or a new car? Am
I still glad for them? What if I was wanting to get a promotion, or even that
very same promotion?
The Bible says,
(Romans 12:15 NKJV)
Rejoice
with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.
It requires that I get my eyes off of myself and think about others.
Getting your eyes off yourself is one of the best ways to
deal with feeling “forgotten”.
:5 But I am poor and needy; Make haste to me, O God! You are
my help and my deliverer; O Lord,
do not delay.
:5 But I am poor and needy
Lesson
Remember Jesus
If you pay attention, you will see Jesus all through this Psalm.
(Psalm 70:1 NKJV) Make haste,
O God, to deliver me!
Doesn’t that sound like Jesus on the cross, “My God, my
God why have you forsaken me?”
(Psalm 70:2 NKJV) Let them be
ashamed and confounded Who seek my life…
Jesus might have prayed “Father forgive them…”, but what
God did was to cause trouble to those who sought to put Jesus to death.
(Psalm 70:4 NKJV) Let all
those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And let those who love Your
salvation say continually, “Let God be magnified!”
your salvation – y@shuw‘ah – salvation, deliverance
This also happens to be very closely related to the Hebrew
for of Jesus’ name, “Joshua”, or “Yahweh is salvation”.
Do you love God’s salvation? Do you love Jesus? Do you
love what Jesus did on the cross?
(Psalm 70:5 NKJV) But I am
poor and needy; Make haste
to me, O God! You are
my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay.
Paul wrote,
(2
Corinthians 8:9 NKJV) For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was
rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might
become rich.
So what do you do when you “feel forgotten”?
Put your eyes on Jesus and remember what He’s done for us.
You will realize that God has NOT forgotten you. God loves you very much.