Today’s post contains “addendums” to Psalms 25 and 26.
· Psalm 25
Amen to Ps. 25:9. “He teaches sinners in the way.” What a God of grace we have. He teaches sinners. Not the “(self-)righteous.” It goes on to say that He teaches the humble (v9) and those who fear God (v12). All three must be present for the teaching to be effective. The person who responds to every word of teaching or admonition with an argument is doomed. Job argued with his friends. But when God spoke, there was total submission. When God spoke to David through Nathan the prophet of God, there was total submission.
Ps. 25:16-21 was impressed upon me by the Lord, and this is not “self-pity” time. There are times when troubles increase, even as there are times that troubles decrease (remember: there’s a time for everything in life). So, the prayer is: “have mercy, for the troubles of my heart have enlarged. Bring me out. Forgive me all my sins. Let me not be ashamed of and for your glory (although if I turn from you, let my children see my shame). Preserve me, but not in sin but in “integrity and righteousness.”
· Psalm 26
25:2: The Incarnation is all about this. Christ came, and for 33 ½ years, and especially the last 3 ½ years, but in all of it, He was proven. The idea is not just that He had trials. The trials are meant to remove the dross from our lives. It is what is behind the word “perfect” used in Hebrews and other General Epistles. Heb. 5:5-11 is where it is applied to Christ in His earthly life. What David is asking for here it not just that God would examine him but that He would purge the dross (cf. Ps. 139:23-24).
25:4-5: And is this not Christ? He did not sit with the religious leaders, in the sense of being their “buddies” so to speak. He ate in their homes, by invitation, and then while eating He reproved them. His “buddies” were the sinners. We, I, must think about this.
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