Day 22 of 150

Ps 22


¹My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning.
²O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but I have no rest.
³Yet You are holy,
O You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel.
⁴In You our fathers trusted;
They trusted and You delivered them.
⁵To You they cried out and were delivered;
In You they trusted and were not disappointed.
⁶But I am a worm and not a man,
A reproach of men and despised by the people.
⁷All who see me sneer at me;
They separate with the lip, they wag the head, saying,
⁸"Commit yourself to the LORD; let Him deliver him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him."
⁹Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother's breasts.
¹⁰Upon You I was cast from birth;
You have been my God from my mother's womb.
¹¹Be not far from me, for trouble is near;
For there is none to help.
¹²Many bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me.
¹³They open wide their mouth at me,
As a ravening and a roaring lion.
¹⁴I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It is melted within me.
¹⁵My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You lay me in the dust of death.
¹⁶For dogs have surrounded me;
A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
They pierced my hands and my feet.
¹⁷I can count all my bones.
They look, they stare at me;
¹⁸They divide my garments among them,
And for my clothing they cast lots.
¹⁹But You, O LORD, be not far off;
O You my help, hasten to my assistance.
²⁰Deliver my soul from the sword,
My only life from the power of the dog.
²¹Save me from the lion's mouth;
From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me.
²²I will tell of Your name to my brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
²³You who fear the LORD, praise Him;
All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
And stand in awe of Him, all you descendants of Israel.
²⁴For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.
²⁵From You comes my praise in the great assembly;
I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him.
²⁶The afflicted will eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the LORD
Let your heart live forever!
²⁷All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD,
And all the families of the nations will worship before You.
²⁸For the kingdom is the LORD'S
And He rules over the nations.
²⁹All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep his soul alive.
³⁰Posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation.
³¹They will come and will declare His righteousness
To a people who will be born, that He has performed it.

This is the testimony of Jesus Christ just in reverse.

It starts at His ending...It starts with one of the last things He would say...

“My God My God why have You forsaken Me?”

Haven't we all felt that way? I have this week...the apartment I was so excited about getting... I haven't slept a single night in, the money I had saved in order to get the utilities turned on... was stolen , and the past two days I've been sick with fever...Oh and for about four days I've ran around with only one contact...so now I'm not half blind I'm mostly blind....*deep breath*

“Yet” v3 “You are holy” 2-5 it is always best during your rant to God, which He is so big enough to take, to note God's position in reference to our own...next verse

and like, 6, I feel like a worm. I also, 7-8, can see others mocking me and my commitment to the Lord.

Yes I too understand, 9-10. My cousin, Micki, said it best when she expressed something to the effect of, “I can't remember a time, when we were little, of not knowing, trusting, believing that there was a God in heaven and Jesus Christ is He,” (You see we were discussing faithful people who can give an exact date some even a time to their rebirth. I'm not sure about Micki but I was about 8. I didn't know I was suppose to remember that exact day...I was too young to...the only important part to me then was just accepting personally that God was/is my God. I'm pretty sure Micki was about the same age.) We grew up in a Christian Family and it was never a stretch to believe...the hard part, for me at least, has been the surrender. (I have to admit He is still working on me with this even today. Your will Lord not mine, just please let me know Your will so that I may follow and not be found against You.)

In the light of Jesus last days.... v11 I would think is Gethsemane

Again those next verses exemplify that not only Jesus but God Himself gets it better than we do...That life on earth is hard and far fetched from perfect.

and 14 when His sweat and tears were blood. See He had already freely poured out His percious blood for us before even being arrested. It was actually on His knees here praying so earnestly to His Father in Heaven, “Here here is my blood if that's all it takes ...Please Lord is there another way..so they won't have to sin these sins?” (He was so willing to suffer, but I think it was the sinning of those He loved so much that broke His heart. Having children of my own I know this feeling. I would rather live the rest of my days without them then see one day of them sinning against God. Maybe I'm wrong for that but that's how I feel.)

15 the cold earthen tomb. The late Adrian Rodgers pointed out once, “Don't you think if there had been another way God would have spared His only begotten Son?”

Jesus isn't just a way...No He's THE ONLY way...this is truth and He is alive!

Ok maybe not perfect reverse oder...v16-18... but definitely a montage of flashes like David having a prophetic dream sequence that ain't in order.

16-18 is exactly how it happened 16 pierced hands and feet 17 not a single bone in His body broken 18 cast lots for clothes 19 (I pray this to be true and if He says it in His word I know it is) He hastened, shortened His suffering 20 He was dead before the crude metal touched His flesh on His side.

21 “Save me from the lion's mouth..." David remembering...No Daniel came after David...hmmm I wonder if Daniel saw this during that time?

22-31 testify to the goodness and glory of God ...as I do with all my heart in Jesus name amen.