Title Psalm 58 (2010.7.30)
Contents
Title: God Who Judges
Text: (Psalm 58:1~11)
Hymns: 542. Relying on the Savior Jesus
Date: July 30, 2010 (Fri) 5 am
Venue: Jeonju Yebut Church Small Worship Room
If we look at today's text, we can see that a just and judging God is rebuking the wicked who are David's enemies. Considering his rebuke in three ways, I hope that we can use it as an opportunity for self-reflection and self-reflection to see if God is really rebuking us.
First, God is rebuking, “Do not be silent!” (verse 1).
The saying "Speech is silver; silence is gold" (Speech is silver; silence is gold) makes sense, but among silences there are cowardly silences and even evil silences. What is Evil Silence? It refers to silence that does not say the right thing to say. To remain silent despite seeing injustice, to remain silent despite having to speak of righteousness, is an evil silence.
In (Isaiah 56:10) we see that the prophet Isaiah is saying that the watchmen of Israel are “dumb dogs unable to bark” when they point at the shepherds. Although the dog's responsibility is to bark when the “beasts” (verse 9) come, the Israeli shepherds did not. He was not able to properly fulfill his role as a watchman. Therefore, God's sheep were caught and eaten by wolves and wandered in the fields and mountains (Ezekiel 34). What was the cause? The cause was greed. The shepherds of Israel were “seeking unjust gain” in their greed. The flocks were not able to properly feed the Word while only filling their stomachs. The Israeli shepherds who did not play the role of a watchman but rather coveted themselves were “dumb dogs.” This silence is the ‘evil silence’.
Second, God is rebuking, “Thou shalt not tell a lie!”
The wicked have accumulated evil deeds since childhood and do not repent until the end, so they are perpetuated as sinful people. Among the evil deeds, it is the wicked habit of the wicked, especially to tell lies. So they were used to going sideways.
We are not going to lie. And you will not go astray by lying.
Third, God is rebuking, “Hear the voice!” (verse 5).
Like the venom of a snake, like a viper that harms people's lives, the wicked seek to harm our lives. These wicked people, David is saying, are “a viper that does not listen to a sound.” In Arabia or India, there are magicians who attract snakes with instruments such as trumpet and drum, and when they hear the sound of their trumpet and drum, the snake hears the sound and moves. is doing. In a word, as verse 4 says, the wicked are like “deaf vipers.”
Those who have ears must hear the voice of the Lord. We must listen to the voice of the Lord. Let each one not go his own way, never shutting his ears and not hearing the voice of the Lord.
As I meditate on God's words to rebuke the wicked, I ask myself, am I not a “dumb dog”, am I not doing evil at the heart of it, am I not telling lies, and am I listening to God's voice? In the midst of this, we ask ourselves if we are not able to boldly proclaim the word of God because we cannot hear the voice of God like “dumb dogs” and “deaf vipers.” I pray that you will play the role of a watchman who listens to the word of truth and boldly proclaims it while pursuing the truth at the heart.