Psalm 70

Psalm 70

1MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD.

2Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.

3Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.

4Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

5But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying.

This psalm is so short. It makes me think of Ecclesiastes 5-- "let my words be few." God is truly our help and deliverer, and we are truly truly poor and needy. The psalmist's desperate pleas to God in the first 2 verses show how our relationship with him should be as well--we should turn to him first, pouring out all our anxieties and woes on him, because we KNOW that he will rescue us. Acknowledging our depravity makes our joy in God's salvation so much better. And that should cause us to desire to magnify and glorify God. I think that recently he's given me so much peace. and he's so persistent in knocking on my hard head. he knows my shortcomings, what i am afraid to do, what doesnt cross my mind. and up he goes and plunks everything right in front of me. old friends i havent bothered to keep in touch with are suddenly reaching out to ME, and a lot of them seem very receptive and interested in talking about things that matter for eternity. Praise God that he would choose to use a hopeless vessel like me. and yet, i still somehow have the boldness to demean his glory and make everything about me. i'm so selfish. but God is good and his work through sanctification is soo sweet.