Trust Is A Choice

TRUST IS A CHOICE

OBSERVATION: THE BOOK OF PSALMS IS A COLLECTION OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY POEMS WRITTEN BY SEVERAL AUTHORS THROUGHOUT ISRAEL’S HISTORY. KING DAVID PINNED HALF OF THEM. HUMAN EMOTION PERMEATES MUCH OF THE PSALMS INCLUDING PRAISE SONGS AND PRAYERS.

INTERPRETATION: READ PSALM 31: 14-15.

POINTS TO PONDER:

THE PSALMS TOUCH YOU EMOTIONS AND BRING COMFORT. THEY LIFT YOU UP WHEN DISCOURAGED. WHEN LONELY AND CONFUSED THEY BRING SPIRITUAL ASSURANCE. WHEN AFRAID THEY ENCOURAGE YOU. THEY GIVE YOU EXPRESSION OF HAPPINESS IN JOY.

DAVID REAFFIRMS EARLIER DEPENDENCE OF HIS TRUST IN THE LORD IN TIMES OF DURESS.

DAVID TRUSTED GOD’S STEADFAST LOVE FOR HIM. HE BELIEVED GOD WOULD DELIVER HIM AND DESTROY HIS ENEMIES.

WHEN OPPRESSION COMES YOUR WAY, WHEN FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND YOUR CHURCH FAMILY SHUN YOU, DO AS DAVID DID. HE LIFTED HIS VOICE TO THE LORD!

APPLICATION: EVERY MAN’S LIFE ENTAILS SOME ADVERSITY. THIS MAY BE TO GET YOUR ATTENTION SO GOD CAN REMEDIATE YOU. LISTEN UP: TRUST IS A CHOICE!