Psalm 70
MAIN POINT : Seek God with urgency (This parallels many of Jesus teachings)
God urgently help me
Psalm 70v.1
Killers have a sense of determination and joy at the thought of closing in on the hunted person.
Psalm 70 vv.2-3
May people who hunt for God have the same sort of determination and reaction when they close in on God.
Psalm 70v.4
David is struggling with such determination and jubilation but wants to seek God with such determination because He urgently needs God.
Psalm 70v.5
Psalm 70 is nearly an identical repeat of Psalms 40:13-17, obviously it bears repeating and in Psalm 40 I found that being saved particularly from our own sins was the focus of Psalm 40. Could it be the same in Psalm 70, that the sin of not being determined, of not being jubilant, of not being full of faith or not trusting and rejoicing was plaguing David?
[Psa 70:1-5 NLT] 1 Please, God, rescue me! Come quickly, LORD, and help me. 2 May those who try to kill me be humiliated and put to shame. May those who take delight in my trouble be turned back in disgrace. 3 Let them be horrified by their shame, for they said, "Aha! We've got him now!" 4 But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, "God is great!" 5 But as for me, I am poor and needy; please hurry to my aid, O God. You are my helper and my savior; O LORD, do not delay.
[Psa 40:13-17 NLT] 13 Please, LORD, rescue me! Come quickly, LORD, and help me. 14 May those who try to destroy me be humiliated and put to shame. May those who take delight in my trouble be turned back in disgrace. 15 Let them be horrified by their shame, for they said, "Aha! We've got him now!" 16 But may all who search for you be filled with joy and gladness in you. May those who love your salvation repeatedly shout, "The LORD is great!" 17 As for me, since I am poor and needy, let the Lord keep me in his thoughts. You are my helper and my savior. O my God, do not delay.
I see parallels in the following three teachings of Jesus in Luke and the sentiments of Psalm 70
Luke 15 Seeking, Lost Sheep, Lost Coin, Lost Son
“search for the one that is lost until he finds it?”
Luke 15:4
“search carefully until she finds it?”
Luke 15:8
“‘Quick! Bring the finest robe…He was lost, but now he is found.’ So the party began.”
Luke 15:22,24
Luke 16 Urgency of the shrewd servant
The man replied, 'I owe him 800 gallons of olive oil.' So the manager told him, 'Take the bill and quickly change it to 400 gallons.'
Luke 16:6
Luke 17 Shouting of the leper who was healed and thankful
Luke 17:15
There are many other places that the determination of the person seeking God is compared to someone in the world who is single minded. For instance the person Jesus spoke of who buys a field because he found a treasure in it.
"The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that a man discovered hidden in a field. In his excitement, he hid it again and sold everything he owned to get enough money to buy the field.”
Matthew 13:44 NLT
You can imagine the person, quickly going to sell everything, and then waiting for the moment HE got his field and digging up the treasure and yelling in joy and jubilation because the investment and risk paid off and now they were set for life. Passionate, stealthy, silent, business-like, determined and then when it was finally his free and clear the celebration.
Conclusion:
So you are in great need of God. You need His salvation. Why are we not as persistent, determined, focused and jubilant as our enemies are about killing us? Don’t we need the same intensity of determination in seeking God and then the same jubilant reaction when we are finding God?
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| Handwritten Psalm 70 |
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