I am like a deaf man. I cannot hear. Like a mute, I cannot speak. I am like a person who does not hear, who has no answer to give.
I trust You, Lord. You will answer, my Lord and my God. (vs. 13-15)
Out of steam. No questions or answers any more. Too overwhelmed by his own guilt to have any advice for others. Consumed with both soul sickness and physical maladies, the singer of this song is at the end of his rope. Left alone to consider his life in response to the outcome of his own sin, David can do nothing but look to the Lord.
The contrast is obvious. David can't speak or hear, but his God can...and does. Abba has not stopped loving David because David has stopped loving himself! Groanings are about all that the psalmist can manage, but they are enough, apparently. In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. He Who searches hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. ( Romans 8)
Remember when Peter was pontificating concerning his great love for Jesus? Though all forsake you, I will not! What Jesus knew and Peter did not was that Satan had already planned to sift Peter like wheat. Had a plan to destroy him and his love for the Master. But Jesus said He had prayed for Peter...interceded for Peter's victory in the plan of the devil...and that Peter would come out on the other side wiser and more humble with a mandate to serve Christ in a greater capacity.
The promise of the Holy Spirit at the last supper Jesus had with His disciples came with an assurance that Jesus would still be speaking to us even though He is not physically present. The Holy Spirit imparts the mind of Christ to us. Christ tells the Spirit what to say to us so that we can be in constant conversation with Christ and can understand the will of the Father. That is so stunning I must stop for a second just to wallow in it! AND.....Christ knows what is in our minds and hearts....understands where we are coming from. He lives to pray for us! He is in constant conversation with the Father over me.
Are you groaning today? Just can't think of anything even to pray. No wisdom in your situation. Near hopelessness. Your God, in Christ, through the work of His Holy Spirit has put your predicament into a heavenly paradigm that makes sense. Your wordless distress has been packaged and sent to the very throne of God by His Son, Jesus Christ. You can trust Him. He will answer.....even though you don't even know what the question is.
I trust You, Lord. You will answer, my Lord and my God. (vs. 13-15)
Out of steam. No questions or answers any more. Too overwhelmed by his own guilt to have any advice for others. Consumed with both soul sickness and physical maladies, the singer of this song is at the end of his rope. Left alone to consider his life in response to the outcome of his own sin, David can do nothing but look to the Lord.
The contrast is obvious. David can't speak or hear, but his God can...and does. Abba has not stopped loving David because David has stopped loving himself! Groanings are about all that the psalmist can manage, but they are enough, apparently. In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. He Who searches hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. ( Romans 8)
Remember when Peter was pontificating concerning his great love for Jesus? Though all forsake you, I will not! What Jesus knew and Peter did not was that Satan had already planned to sift Peter like wheat. Had a plan to destroy him and his love for the Master. But Jesus said He had prayed for Peter...interceded for Peter's victory in the plan of the devil...and that Peter would come out on the other side wiser and more humble with a mandate to serve Christ in a greater capacity.
The promise of the Holy Spirit at the last supper Jesus had with His disciples came with an assurance that Jesus would still be speaking to us even though He is not physically present. The Holy Spirit imparts the mind of Christ to us. Christ tells the Spirit what to say to us so that we can be in constant conversation with Christ and can understand the will of the Father. That is so stunning I must stop for a second just to wallow in it! AND.....Christ knows what is in our minds and hearts....understands where we are coming from. He lives to pray for us! He is in constant conversation with the Father over me.
Are you groaning today? Just can't think of anything even to pray. No wisdom in your situation. Near hopelessness. Your God, in Christ, through the work of His Holy Spirit has put your predicament into a heavenly paradigm that makes sense. Your wordless distress has been packaged and sent to the very throne of God by His Son, Jesus Christ. You can trust Him. He will answer.....even though you don't even know what the question is.
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