- Joined
- Oct 26, 2007
- Messages
- 11,642
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure. Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I [am] weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled. Psalm 6:1-2 NKJV
Psalm 6 is a somewhat mysterious plea for God’s mercy, mysterious because it’s not clear why David feels as though he’s under God’s heavy hand of discipline. What is clear is that David was miserable and desperately needed to hear from his God.
Perhaps you can relate. Perhaps you’ve had that sense of inner turmoil, that feeling that something isn’t quite right between you and the Lord. When you’re in that place, it’s good to do as David did: cry out to God for mercy.
By the end of Psalm 6, David feels the deep sense of inner joy of a man who is assured that his gracious, forgiving God has heard and acted on his prayer for mercy: “The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer. All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish; they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame” (v9-10).
Prayer: Lord, thank You for Your love and mercy. I need both every day. I never want to take this part of Your character for granted. Instead, I will thank You for it each and every day, for without Your desire to reach down and extend Your hand of mercy, I would be forever sunk.
Psalm 6 is a somewhat mysterious plea for God’s mercy, mysterious because it’s not clear why David feels as though he’s under God’s heavy hand of discipline. What is clear is that David was miserable and desperately needed to hear from his God.
Perhaps you can relate. Perhaps you’ve had that sense of inner turmoil, that feeling that something isn’t quite right between you and the Lord. When you’re in that place, it’s good to do as David did: cry out to God for mercy.
By the end of Psalm 6, David feels the deep sense of inner joy of a man who is assured that his gracious, forgiving God has heard and acted on his prayer for mercy: “The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer. All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish; they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame” (v9-10).
Prayer: Lord, thank You for Your love and mercy. I need both every day. I never want to take this part of Your character for granted. Instead, I will thank You for it each and every day, for without Your desire to reach down and extend Your hand of mercy, I would be forever sunk.
