Do you ever feel like the world is closing in around you? That there is no light at the end of the tunnel? Perhaps life is just hard and you can't see over the top? Or perhaps sinful choices have left you in darkness. I think these ideas may express what David felt as he wrote Psalm 143.
His own poor choices as well as his enemy's continual hounding made life extremely difficult. Words such as pursued, crushed, and darkness describe how he felt.
Yet he remembers the past. He compares his present condition to a wanderer in the wilderness, his spiritual thirst to parched land, but God's care as something to be trusted.
In vs.1 and 11 he appeals to God's righteousness to intervene. He understood God to be merciful rather than vengeful. His prayer is not to be vindicated or exonerated, but rather to be restored. His cry for mercy flowed from a repentant heart. Vs.10 says "Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Let's remember: Because God is righteous and loving he is always open to hear our call for mercy and he is always willing to pardon.
Pastor Paul
I read this as if it is all about me and not David, Teach me to do your Will, for you are my God so very true.
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