Saturday, March 8, 2014

Presumption

As I spend another sabbath with my family and with God I think about the nature of who we are and what we do. My wife was sining a song that comes in part from a psalm.

Psalms 19:14 Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer.

In thinking about the song I decided to look up the scripture. I found the verse just before this one.

Psalms 19:13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

Here the psalmist is asking God to keep him from presumptuous sin. As I studied this out, the word in the Hebrew for presumptuous means arrogant. I would not have thought that that was the meaning. But the more I considered what was being said, it made sense. When we suffer from arrogance, it actually takes hold or has dominion over us. And it is like putting us up as God or more important than God. I can see why the psalmist calls this one out. We need help to win over our flesh.

Prayer
Father, we praise and exalt You. thank you for all Your help in deliverance from ourselves. We ask that You for give us and keep us in Your way. Please send to us today what we need in healing, deliverance, and provision. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.