Psalm 30
Dear RTB’ers,
We have left I Corinthians behind and will spend a couple of weeks in the Psalms before returning to II Corinthians.
I typically have difficulties relating to David’s psalms when he writes of deliverance from his enemies and not letting his foes rejoice over him. In my adult life I’ve been “mistreated” on a number of occasions (three in particular), but I never think of enemies and foes in those incidents. And for each of those occasions I was “delivered” into a better life and have forgiven those who were responsible for those hurts in my life. Soon after one of those hurtful occasions I had contacted my dissertation advisor and he assured me, “Fred, you have a way of landing on your feet.” What he spoke was true, but he did not know the God that I knew or how the deliverance of which he spoke would come about through God’s gracious working in my life. It’s good to look back on disappointments and failures and see God’s hand at work in His healing and deliverance. David faced different foes in his life, but his words continue to ring true today.
See also: March 23 (2022) / Psalm 30