Title: I'm Just Praying
Contents Psalm 109 records the poet's appeal to God while he was suffering. Saints who believe in answers to prayers! When we hear unexpected news, we are either happy or sad. When that news is tidings of great sorrow, and when it confirms our incompetence, we hear a voice collapsing deep within. When you fall into a pit of deep trouble, no one can save yourself. A person of faith opens the heavenly treasure house with the key of prayer and solves spiritual need and difficulties. The poet shows the way.
First, the poet prays in trouble (Psalm 109:2-4).
He pleads with God to acknowledge his persecution. The poet's enemies deceive him, hate him, and persecute him mercilessly without cause (Psalm 109:6). The wicked are ungrateful. The poet loved him, but he repaid good with evil.
Second, the poet pleads for his salvation by God's mercy (Psalm 109:21,22).
The poet ??because of the name of the Lord?? I ask God to do good to him. He is sure of God's help (Psalm 109:26-29). Here again, the poet depends on the mercy of God. The wicked one curses him, but God blesses him (Psalm 109:28). It is an insult and shame to return to the wicked in the end (Psalm 109:29). Finally, the psalmist promises to thank God for the assurance of salvation. This is a vow to give thanks in public.
Dear saint! Disasters and persecutions also come to the righteous. Those who live by love and friendship often suffer from ingratitude and hatred. The poet is pleading for God's salvation through this experience. The man of God will face a new day of victory after going through the tunnel of hardship, disgrace, and sorrow. So let's put our own problems in God's hands. -Amen-
passion to rule life
(365 Days of a Christian / William Barclay)