Today’s passage: Psalm 143
Helpful thoughts:
- In today’s psalm, David laments the reality that in the midst of hardship, he himself needs mercy for his sinful responses.
- When difficulty comes, when people sin against us, it feels harder not to sin in retaliation. Yet, David rightly asks God, “Teach me to do your will for you are my God!”
- When our greatest goal is to be pleasing to God, we will want to do what is right even in the midst of many wrongs.
Questions to consider:
- If having a singular focus of pleasing God and being submitted to the Spirit can be called “level ground,” (Verse 10), then what could times of hardship and being led by our emotions and reactions be called?
- What does David (And us) need to give up and believe in order to release his desire to get revenge (Verses 11-12)?
- How does the end of verse 12 change our thinking when faced with offenses from others? If we think we can pour out our wrath against them, whose servant do we think THEY are? But, in truth, whose servant are WE? Why can we trust our Master to do what is right?