Walk Of Life – Day 7, July 2022 – Thoughts From The Book Of Psalms.
Psalm 5
This psalm is titled To the Chief Musician. With flutes. A Psalm of David. The title of the psalm indicates that it was directed toward the Chief Musician who is supposed to be a leader of choirs or musicians in David’s time, such as Heman the singer or Asaph (1 Chronicles 6:33, 16:5-7, and 25:6). The title also tells us that the song was deliberately written to be accompanied with flutes. It shows David coming to the LORD in the morning and receiving the strength and joy he needs to make it through the day against many adversaries.
Give ear…consider…give heed: David longed for an audience with God. David repeated the same idea three times: “LORD, please listen to me.”
For to You I will pray: David prayed to God. This may sound elementary, but it is an essential aspect of prayer. Often, we come to prayer so full of our request or our feelings that we never consciously focus on God and sense His presence. David was a great man of prayer because his prayer time was focused on God.
“Very much of so-called prayer, both public and private, is not unto God. In order that a prayer should be really unto God, there must be a definite and conscious approach to God when we pray; we must have a definite and vivid realization that God is bending over us and listening as we pray.” (Torrey, How to Pray)
My voice You shall hear in the morning: David made it a point to pray in the morning. He did this because he wanted to honor God at the beginning of his day, and this set the tone for an entire day dedicated unto God.
Hudson Taylor, the famous missionary to China, had trouble finding time alone with God. He began to wake himself up at 2:00 in the morning and used those quiet hours when everyone else slept to commune with God.
In the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up: David gave us what to do before prayer and after prayer. Before we pray, we should direct our prayer. After we pray, we look up with expectancy to heaven, really believing that God will answer.
Verses 4 to 8 brings out the contrast between the wicked and the godly. David meditated on the righteous character of God. Our actions matter before a God who hates all workers of iniquity by saying You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness. David’s ground of confidence was the mercy of God, It wasn’t that David thought that he was righteous, and all others were sinners and his worship wasn’t based on his feelings, but on his reverence for a righteous, merciful God. He always needed God to lead him and to make the way straight. David walked the right way but was humble about it. He knew it was only God’s power and work in him that kept him from the way of the wicked.
Verses 9 & 10 gives out the description and destiny of the wicked and verses 11 & 12 gives out the description and destiny of the righteous.
The greatest promise that we have in chapter 5 is *Let all those rejoice who put their trust in you.*
You, O LORD, will bless the righteous; with favor You will surround him: This is the greatest blessing of all – the favor of God. Knowing that God looks on us with favor and pleasure is the greatest knowledge in the world. This is our standing in grace.
