Joseph Robertson's Blog – March 2014 Archive (4)

DAVID DECLARED THAT THE LORD WOULD BLESS AND HONOR THOSE WHO MINISTERED TO THE POOR AND WEAK 41:1-3). HE THEN TOLD THE LORD OF HIS OWN NEED FOR HEALING AND DELIVERANCE FROM HIS ENEMIES 41:4-9) AND ASKED HIM TO COME TO HIS AID 41:10-12). THE CLOSE FRIEND WHO HAD TURNED AGAINST DAVID 41:9) MAY HAVE BEEN ABSALOM SEE> 2SAM. 15:4-12)OR AHITHOPHEL SEE>2SAM. 16:15,  20-23), BUT CHRIST SAW  IN DAVID"S LAMENT A  PROPHECY OF HIS OWN  BETRAYAL BY JUDAS SEE>JOHN 13:18). 41:13 IS APPARENTLY THE…

DAVID WAS SUFFERING GREAT PHYSICAL DISTRESS BECAUSE OF SOME SIN HE HAD COMMITTED 38:1-8). BOTH FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WERE KEEPING THEIR DISTANCE 38:11). RATHER THAN TRYING TO EXCUSE HIS SIN 38:13-14),DAVID CONFESSED IT AND CRIED OUT TO GOD FOR DELIVERANCE 38:9-10, 15-22 ). (PSALM 39 "REMOVE MY SICKNESS" I"M ONLY A SHADOW" HAVING TRIED IN VAIN TO KEEP SILENT ABOUT HIS SUFFERING 39:1-3), DAVID ASKED GOD TO IMPRESS UPON HIM BOTH THE BREVITY AND UNCERTAINTY OF HUMAN LIFE 39:4-9). FEELING THAT HE…

DAVID ENCOURAGED HIS HEARERS NOT TO BE DISTRESSED BY ALL THE WEALTHY SINNERS AROUND THEM,WHO OFTEN TRIED TO DO THEM HARM; ( FRUSTRATED OR FRUITFUL? 37:1-8) > THOUGH EVIL DOERS MAY SEEM TO PROSPER 37:7, 16), THEY WILL ULTIMATELY FAIL 37:2), WHILE THOSE WHO TRUST GOD, THOUGH SEEMINGLY NOT AS PROSPEROUS 37:16), WILL FIND JUSTICE AND THE DESIRES OF THEIR HEART).(LAUGHED AT OR LIFTED UP? 37:9-33) GOD LAUGHS AT THE UNGODLY,FOR HE KNOWS THEIR JUDGEMENT IS COMING 37:13). MEANWHILE,HE ENABLES THE…

  GOD GAVE DAVID A REVELATION CONCERNING UNGODLY PEOPLE; THEY ARE SO GODLESS,SELF CENTERED, AND DECEITFUL THAT THEY LIE  AWAKE AT NIGHT HATCHING EVIL PLOTS PS. 36:1-4). THE RIGHTEOUS,ON THE OTHER HAND,ENJOY ABUNDANT BLESSINGS FROM GOD PS. 36:5-9), WHO IS BOTH THE LIFE AND LIGHT OF HUMANKIND 36:9). DAVID PRAYED FOR CONTINUED BLESSINGS AND PROTECTION FROM THE UNGODLY 36:10-12).                                                                                                                  …