Psalm 59 - But As for Me, I'll sing!

It's often easy to find the bad in others. Especially when they are really bad. If they are "snarling like vicious dogs as they prowl the streets at night" it makes it easy. We can try to take matters into our own hands, but our best response is to ask God to be the one to rescue us. v.9 "I wait for You to rescue me."

Often - and David did this too - we want to ask God not to just rescue us, but to destroy our enemies. In this psalm we see that David's motivation isn't for his own good, but so that all the world would know that God reigns in Israel. It was for God's glory, not his own.

And then, at the end of the psalm David says,

16 But as for me, I will sing about your power. Each morning I will sing with joy about your unfailing love. For you have been my refuge, a place of safety when I am in distress.

17 O my Strength, to you I sing praises, for you, O God, are my refuge, the God who shows me unfailing love.

Bottom line:
This seems like a good way to respond to all of the evil in the world. It's OK to ask God to rescue you. It's best for it to bring Him glory, not just for yourself. And in the end you need to choose to sing with joy about God's unfailing love. Sing His praises.

150 Days of Psalms - Psalm 59

Our server, which connects us to the Internet and e-mail is not playing well with others this morning, so I'm trying to post this with my phone. So this will be a short post.

The thing that stood out to me today was the contrast between the wicked who, in the darkness of night snarl and prowl and growl - and David, who instead said, "I will sing of Your strength and will joyfully proclaim Your faithful love in the morning."

It reminds me of the "mainstream media" and their reaction to Christians, like Tim Tebow.

They snarl and growl about his display of faith (since he is Christian, not Muslim) and rather than fighting back, growling and snarling like they do, Tim tells about how good God is. That's a good example for all of us. I've seen some very hateful things posted about our President, Muslims and more all in the name of Christians. It's a far cry from Jesus' words that they would know we were His disciples by our love.

Please ignore phone typos. I'll add a picture of Tim Tebow or a Psalm 59 picture if our server gets happier with life.

As you can see, our server is behaving now.