Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Tag: God Draws us Out - Psalm 30-32

Psalms 30:1 (ESV)
I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up
and have not let my foes rejoice over me.

Psalms 30:1 (NIV)
I will exalt you, O Lord,
for you lifted me out of the depths
and did not let my enemies gloat over me.

Psalm 30 is a song of encouragement.  It is intended to take our eyes off our problems and onto the ONE who solves our problems.  The theme of this short chapter is:

Psalms 30:4-5
Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints,
and give thanks to his holy name.
For his anger is but for a moment,
and his favor is for a lifetime.
Weeping may tarry for the night,
but joy comes with the morning.


Weeping might be a song of the night, but with God, joy comes in the morning.  This is a song written by David, as an act of faith.  His circumstances don’t change, but his heart does.   The very first verse the song states, “... for you have drawn me up ...”.    The NIV records the same statement as follows: “... for you lifted me out of the depths ...”.   The Hebrew word used here has to do with a bucket on a well being lifted up by a rope.   You and I, as fallen individuals, are deep down a dark well.  We have been let there to die.   The fact that we need grace is apparent.   God reaches down into this well and “draws us out.”   We are simply the bucket on the end of the rope.  Yet, God is pulling that bucket up our of the well of despair.   As we walk in faith God recuses us and delivers us from our enemies.   We can rejoice because, although we are in despair, God has the rope and will deliver us.   He will draw us out!!   

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