Seeing Jesus in Psalm 9

Those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Psalm 9:10 ESV

What a rich Psalm, full of theology and emphasis on who God is and what God does. I could spend days just in Psalm 9 mining the treasure of theology.

But I am going to focus on one thought found in the middle of this fruit-laden passage.

To know God is to love and trust God enough to keep looking for Him no matter your circumstances. The acquired taste of knowing God is addictive. I understand more and more why the guy in Jesus´ parable sold everything to buy the field where there was buried treasure.

v.10 And those who know Your name will put their trust in You,

For You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

MAIN POINT:

Those who know God, know they can trust God.

God does great stuff worth talking about. v.1, 11, 14, 16

David is convinced God has done things worth talking about.
Who did more great stuff than Jesus? Walk on water, feed thousands, heal countless people, drive out demons, raise the dead, stood up to injustice, told the truth, wasn’t greedy, gave His life for his friends.
Do you talk about all the great stuff God has done?

God rescues

Chief among the great things God has done is to rescue people. vv. 3-6
God’s justice is always 100% trustworthy and complete. vv. 12-20

When David thinks about God he can’t help but remember all the things God has done and he talks about it and invites everyone to talk about it too. As the people recount the great deeds of God, especially His deeds of justice and rescue, David knows the people will keep seeking God. They will want more of the goodness and justice that God offers to all who seek Him. To hear of what God has done and how great His world is, and to hear of His justice and salvation, is to want it for yourself and to go to great lengths to have it and know more of it.

The following are verses that came to mind while writing out Psalm 9:

We love because He first loved us. 1 John 4:19

6 But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. Hebrews 11

5 Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” Hebrews 13

Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking

7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 9 Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Matthew 7:7-11 New King James Version (NKJV)

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