Thursday, October 31, 2013
At Our Right Hand
As the sun rose this morning I was reading Psalms 109. David is calling out to God for help. David tells of how he has done good to others, but they returned evil for the good. He says that these evil ones have spoken lies against him, and that they have done this for no good reason. As David continues to sing his prayer, he asks God to rise up and defeat his enemies. As the Psalm begins to wind down, David describes his own state. In reading this part it reminded me of how we may feel at times when life seems to be unfolding unjustly, and we feel we are in a state of desperate need.
Psalms 109:21 But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
26 Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy mercy:
27 That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Lord, hast done it.
David tells God in his song that he feels as though he is at his end and cannot go on. He calls upon God to be merciful and to deliver him in a way that everyone knows that it is the hand of God that has done it. This is a blessing to me because we know that after this prayerful song God did deliver David. God is delivering the house of David every day. We are that house when we ask Jesus into our lives to be our Lord, repenting of our sins. The last two verses when read from this perspective are very helpful for me.
Psalms 109:30 I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
Today I am thankful that God is at our right hand and executes His judgement on our behalf with mercy toward us. We may be poor from no money, from lack of health, from a cast down spirit within us, or from lack of peace. Jesus (Yeshua) stands at our right hand to judge the darkness against us that is trying to wear us out, and He is merciful to deliver us.
Prayer
Father, thank You so much for revealing yourself to us, for being the Most High God. Thank You for the great blessings You provide every morning. Thank You for Your great love toward us. We ask Father that today You stand at our right hand and execute judgement over the darkness that causes whatever lack we may have. We ask that You do that with mercy toward us, and that You do it in a way that everyone knows it is You alone that delivers us. In Jesus’ (Yeshua’s) name. Amen.