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927. Bible Study: Psalm 13 (Prayers, Waiting on God, Trusting in God) · Faith by annm2705

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  Psalm 13 from the book of Psalms.
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  First let's pray dear Lord, please open our eyes and our
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  ears and our hearts to what you have to say.
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  We ask this in Jesus name, Amen. So Psalm 13, it says, it's
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  probably, let's see, the Hebrew text, 13 verses one through 6 is
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  numbered 13 verses 2 through 6. I don't know why that is so.
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  There's a notation in the study Bible, but it says for the
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  director of music, a Psalm of David.
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  So how long, Lord, will you forget me forever?
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  How long will you hide your face from me?
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  How long must I wrestle with my thoughts, and day after day have
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  sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph
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  over me? Look on me and answer, Lord my
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  God, give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death, and my
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  enemy will say I have overcome Him, and my foes will rejoice
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  when I fall. But I trust in your unfailing
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  love, My heart rejoices in your salvation.
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  I will sing the Lord's praise for He has been good to me.
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  That's the end of the Psalm. So here, you know, the the main
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  thing that keeps being emphasized is how long is this
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  going to be? I think probably all of us can
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  relate to that at some point in our life of just praying and not
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  having prayers answered and just the delay in it.
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  But David, at the very end of it, he's praising God, he's
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  trusting God and he's he's recognizing, I trust in your
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  unfailing love and I rejoice, my heart rejoices in your
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  salvation, and I will sing your praise.
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  And he acknowledges God has been good to me.
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  So in the beginning, he's just saying, where are you God my
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  with these enemy encounters that he's having and his thoughts and
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  things that are just not right that he knows are not right.
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  And then he's kind of pleading with God, help me, I need you
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  God. But then he's recalling and
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  remembering. And I think that's something for
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  all of us who are in a waiting period waiting for prayers to be
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  answered, is that we just need to remind ourselves that God
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  never fails, that we can trust in him and he's, he's forever
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  trustworthy. And he, God is good and he works
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  all things for those who those who love him, and he works all
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  things for the good of those who love him.
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  So we should always praise God no matter what the circumstances
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  are. Because sometimes in the
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  circumstances, God is doing some work that we are unaware of.
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  And we're just unaware of so many things we can only see from
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  our perspective. But God sees all the different
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  perspectives. So in that regard, we just need
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  to trust him and know that he sees something else.
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  And there's a reason for the delay in his response to us
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  because God is a loving Father and he wants to give good gifts
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  to his children and he he does respond to us.
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  This is very similar Davidde request like how long is this
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  going on is very similar to what Job was dealing with in his
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  suffering. He just didn't understand.
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  And in Job's case, Job hadn't done anything wrong.
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  He wasn't being punished for something that he did wrong or
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  disciplined is probably a better word, not punished, but
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  disciplined for something he had done wrong.
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  That wasn't the case in Job's situation.
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  He was just under a spiritual attack.
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  So we don't always know what, why or when our prayers will be
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  answered, but we just need to trust in God.
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  And I think that probably just that's ultimately what God wants
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  with us as a relationship. He wants he went.
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  I mean, he just like rejoices when love comes back.
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  I mean, it says like when one Sinner terms turns away, all
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  heaven rejoices, all the angels rejoice.
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  I mean, there is so much celebration.
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  So God loves it when we trust in him And even though what we can
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  see with our own eyes doesn't look great or it's been a delay
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  and we just say, I don't care what I see.
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  I don't care how long, how long this is taking, but I'm trusting
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  in God. And then he, I mean, when we
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  really sincerely mean that, then he knows that we know him.
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  That's how you know that you know God because he does that.
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  He is trustworthy. And we can't rely on Him.
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  And we just have to be patient. And patience is one of the
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  fruits of the Spirit. So that's something that maybe
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  we are. God is refining us and making us
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  into more patient people after we see the results of the
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  waiting period when it turns out good and and also if we can
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  recall other times where we've prayed and God has answered our
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  prayers. So the most important part is to
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  stay close to God and keep on praying and just trust in God.
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  So that's about all I have to say.
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  I will read what the study Bible says and this will be a short 1
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  today. Let's see.
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  It says does God have a physical body?
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  I've often wondered that too, but it says no.
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  When God When David wrote of God hiding his face, he was writing
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  figuratively to to describe his feelings of abandonment by God.
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  Biblical poetry frequently illustrates God's personality or
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  spiritual characteristics by referring to God's hands, arms,
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  eyes, and ears. This is you know this.
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  To me this is the greatest mystery of all because I I just
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  cannot. I guess if I think too long
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  about it, it puzzles me because I think the Spirit of God is the
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  Holy Spirit and then God is Spirit.
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  So but then again they are 1. So it just, it's very confusing.
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  And then Jesus is one in the Spirit with the Father, but they
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  are two different persons, but one being and, and with the Holy
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  Spirit as well. And actually we will see this
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  affirmed in this scripture because I forgot to mention that
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  too. If you've listened to the last
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  Psalms that I've been reading, I've been paying attention
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  whenever it says Lord our God to see what is the original Hebrew
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  word that was used because when we get the English version, it
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  doesn't differentiate it. It's not a great translation of
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  the Hebrew. Actually, I think I might talk
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  about that right now. So every reference in this the
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  Psalm to Lord is is Yehovah, Yehovah, which I believe is like
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  the Father. And so it says how long Yehovah?
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  And then on verse 3 it says, look on me and answer Lord my
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  God. And what it this says in Hebrew
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  is yakova Elohim. And as a reminder Elohim is
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  plural for God. So I believe this is a reference
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  to the Holy Spirit, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit because L or
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  ale El is singular for God. But this clearly says Elohim in
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  the Hebrew. So that's another evidence of
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  the the Trinity in the Bible where it's not spoken, but well,
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  it is spoken, but it's not spelled out in detail saying
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  like Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
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  It just references Elohim. But there are other places where
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  you will seal ale El and you will see that.
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  So this is this is saying Yehovah, which we've learned is
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  the name of God and Elohim. So let's see.
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  The next question and answer is, how can someone who trusts God
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  have such negative thoughts? When tragedy strikes, emotions
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  such as doubt, fear, and pain often consume us.
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  David reminds us that since God promises to resolve difficult
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  matters with His gracious justice, we have a right to call
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  on Him to act. Painful times should lead us to
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  not away from prayer, even if words sound harsh and angry.
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  What kind of light was David asking for?
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  Light is associated with life, darkness with death.
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  David was perhaps asking for restoration from a serious
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  illness. He may also have been seeking
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  God's help for a military victory.
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  And the last question and answer is why were David's emotions so
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  erratic in all the verses? Within 5 verses, David moved
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  from spiritual despair to hope, from gut wrenching internal
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  wrestling to complete trust, from deep sorrow to rejoicing.
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  What caused these dramatic changes?
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  One explanation may be that David's psalms are simply
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  snapshots of his feelings. As he gradually worked through
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  issues, his confidence in God returned, but the changes may
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  have occurred more slowly than it appears from reading the
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  compressed account in these few verses.
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  Another explanation may be that David knew how to express his
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  feelings and faith simultaneously.
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  Perhaps David revealed his emotions on one level but
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  expressed his core beliefs on another level.
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  David's mood changes Our David's mood changes reflect the
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  feelings of normal people struggling with their faith.
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  Perhaps that's why so many people can identify with Psalms.
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  And this concludes the Psalm 13 study for today.
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