"The Lord guards the inexperienced; I was helpless, and He saved me. 7.Return to you rest, my soul, for the Lord has been good to you. 8. For you, Lord, rescued me from death, my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling. 9. I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living."
The Bible does not tell us who wrote this Psalm. He could have been a king who had been through a rough period in is life, for he wrote: "I was helpless and the Lord saved me." The thing that impressed me was that the writer was grateful for the Lord's deliverance. Surely, we can identify with his sentiment. We all stand in need of deliverance, and we should be grateful to the Lord, Who, alone, can give us the genuine deliverance that we need. In verse 7, he confessed that the Lord had been good to him. Understand this, whatever the Lord has allowed in our lives He allowed it for our own good. It might not have seemed true at the time, but it was true. We need to remember the admonition given in Romans 8:28: "And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose." In verse 8a, he wrote: :"For you, Lord have rescued me from death.." Perhaps the Lord had rescued him from death in battle. We don't know that it was, but he gave the Lord the credit for it. We probably do not know how many times the Lord has delivered us from death. I know that in Christ, He delivers us from eternal death when we put our faith in Christ. The Lord is in the business of life. John 10:10 reminds us about this: "The thief comes not, but to steal and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, that that they might have it more abundantly." In verse 8b, he wrote: "(He has rescued) my eyes from tears." He did not mean that he never cried, but the Lord had delivered him from sorrow in his trouble. He delivers us from sorrow in our trouble by His loving presence.. When King David, faced the giant Goliath, he was not afraid because he knew that the Lord was with him. When I have faced moments when I might die, I was not sorrowful because of my own strength, but in the strength of the Lord Who was present as my comfort. I am not bragging about that, I am praising the Lord for delivering me in times when sorrow could have consumed my life. He delivered the Psalmist in his time of sorrow,, and He will deliver you. Rejoice in the presence of the Holy Spirit in your life. In verse 8b, he wrote; (He has rescued),:my feet from stumbling." .It is possible that the Lord helped him to stay on his feet in battle. We are not our strongest when we are on our backs. I know that the Lord has kept me from stumbling many times. I do not think that the Psalmist meant that he never stumbled, but when he was in dire straits, the Lord delivered Him. I do know when in our own weakness, we stumble, the Lord Who could have kept us from stumbling, in His great forgiveness, will reach down and lift us back to our feet. Even His discipline brings us back to our feet. The question that this passage brings us to in our lives is that we are not alone in traveling this rough path of life. Pause and thank, and praise, God for His deliverance! Bro. Joe
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