The Poor and Needy See God Differently - Psalms 69-71

Psalms 70:4-5 (ESV Strong's)
4 May all who seek you
rejoice and be glad in you!
May those who love your salvation
say evermore, “God is great!”
5 But I am poor and needy;
hasten to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer;
O LORD, do not delay!

The Poor and Needy See God Differently

In the above song by King David has come to a place in his life where his power and might can not save him.   He sees himself as “poor and needy” before God.  No one can see God in the right manner unless they see themselves as poor and needy.  This is why the first of Jesus’ Beatitudes is:

Matthew 5:3
Blessed are the poor and spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Only those who are poor and spirit know the need for Christ.  Only those who are poor and needy see a need to have God in their lives.   The problem with our society today, is that even though they complain they don’t have all they need, in reality they are not needy enough to recognize that they need God via Christ.   David can cry out to God, “O LORD, do not delay,” because he is in desperate need.  We do not like times of desperate need in our lives. We work and fight to avoid those times. But, in reality, those are the greatest times to see the glory of God.  That is why David can say, “God is great!”  It is because he has come to realize he is so small.  

We simply know more about God in times of need than we do in times of fat!!!