Title: Psalm 60 (2010.8.1)
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Title: Who Will Lead Us?
Text: (Psalm 60:1-12)
Hymns: 384. to go all my way
Date: August 1, 2010 (Sunday) 5 am
Venue: Jeonju Yebut Church Small Worship Room
Taking advantage of David's army going north to fight the Ammon and Syrian allies, the Edomite army attacked the south of Israel. David, who was victorious in the north, was put in a very embarrassing position. He could have been attacked from both sides and lost the victory he had won. The poem we meditate on (Psalm 60) is a poem written against the background of this predicament. What should we do in the midst of a dilemma?
1. We must repent in humility.
The first paragraph of the psalm is accompanied by David's complaints and prayers (vv. 1-5). After David said that God had forsaken them, broke them, and was angry, he now pleads for restoration. David confesses that Israel was beaten by God and defeated by the enemy because he provoked God. After being beaten by God, Israel was thoroughly humbled before their enemies. And because of this, Israel repented of their sins before God and restored their humble attitude. And now, after being disciplined, they appealed to God to restore them.
When the saints are beaten by God, they should humbly be beaten, repent of their sins, and pray for forgiveness and restoration.
2. We must listen to the voice of God.(6-8)
Finally, now David could hear the voice of God who promised victory. Repentance and earnest prayer allow us to receive God's answers. God heard David's prayer and solemnly declared that he would finally deliver him. Therefore, King David shouted that God would answer his prayer and he would rejoice.
Moab to the southeast will become Israel's washbasin, and Edom will be conquered by Israel. To become a washbasin means to be reduced to an insignificant place. And to cast off the god means to conquer and take away by force. Now the Edomites have defeated Israel, but eventually they will be forcibly taken over by Israel. And the Philistines to the southwest will also be conquered by Israel.
3. We must not depend on people (verses 11-12).
In the third paragraph, the poet's prayer appears again (verses 9-12). However, this prayer was a prayer with the conviction that he would believe in God and fight. Petra, the capital of Edom, was an impregnable fortress. Therefore, David called this city "a strong city." David, who will make him enter (occupy) this fortified city? asks.
He now appeals to God to help them defeat his enemy. David could be sure that God would be with them. He suffered a great defeat by relying on humans. Therefore, he confesses that human help is in vain. He was firmly convinced that he could only win when God was with him.
There are times when we too are defeated for our sins for a while. But we need not be discouraged or discouraged by that defeat. Because whenever we repent of our sins, God gives us the victory again. So what matters in war is whether God is with us? don't you? is to do The fight of faith does not depend on how many or few there are. Rather, the more enemies there are in the fight of faith, the more excited we become. Because that war is already guaranteed to be victorious, the greater the number of enemies, the more God can be glorified.
I hope that you will win every day in the spiritual warfare by relying only on the Lord.