A Study in the Psalms: Psalm 9:10
Those who know your name will trust in You, for You, Lord,
have never forsaken those who seek You.
What a comfort it is to know that God will never abandon me. Even though there may be times I don't understand what He's doing, or times when He seems distant or quiet, He is still there. As a child of God, nothing and no one can take me out of His hands.
In contrast to David's expression of trust in God and His presence, he cries out to God in Psalm 22, which we see Jesus repeat the first part while He is on the cross,
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from
saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry out by
day, but You do not answer, by night, and and am not silent. Yet You are
enthroned as the Holy One; You are the praise of Israel. In You our fathers
put their trust; they trusted and You delivered them. They cried to You and
were saved; in You they trusted and were not disappointed.
(Psalm 22:1-5 NIV)
In this psalm, I can see David's struggle with God. He is struggling to understand where God is, yet he comes back to the fact that God is sovereign; that He doesn't desert His people. The prophet Habakkuk experienced a similar situation where he wondered where God was. God replied,
Look at the nations and watch - and be utterly amazed. For I am doing
something in your days that you would not believe even if you were told.
(Habakkuk 1:5 NIV)
At the end of the book, Habakkuk realized that even though God was allowing suffering and loss, he could still rejoice in the Lord.
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.
The Sovereign Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet
of a deer, He enables me to go on the heights. (Habakkuk 3:18-19 NIV)
There are going to be times in my life when I can't seem to "find" God or times where He doesn't seem to be there. No matter what, though, I can rest on His promise that He will never leave me nor forsake me. (Hebrews 13:5) Although there may be times I allow my circumstances to distance me from God, He will always be there; nothing can separate me from God's love. (Romans 8:35-39)
A friend on Facebook posted a quote she recently heard at a conference, and I think it fits well with this: "God may be silent, but He is never still." There will be times in my life when God appears silent, yet I can rest in the fact that I know He is still there. He is still in control. I will never be forsaken.
Those who know your name will trust in You, for You, Lord,
have never forsaken those who seek You.
What a comfort it is to know that God will never abandon me. Even though there may be times I don't understand what He's doing, or times when He seems distant or quiet, He is still there. As a child of God, nothing and no one can take me out of His hands.
In contrast to David's expression of trust in God and His presence, he cries out to God in Psalm 22, which we see Jesus repeat the first part while He is on the cross,
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from
saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? O my God, I cry out by
day, but You do not answer, by night, and and am not silent. Yet You are
enthroned as the Holy One; You are the praise of Israel. In You our fathers
put their trust; they trusted and You delivered them. They cried to You and
were saved; in You they trusted and were not disappointed.
(Psalm 22:1-5 NIV)
In this psalm, I can see David's struggle with God. He is struggling to understand where God is, yet he comes back to the fact that God is sovereign; that He doesn't desert His people. The prophet Habakkuk experienced a similar situation where he wondered where God was. God replied,
Look at the nations and watch - and be utterly amazed. For I am doing
something in your days that you would not believe even if you were told.
(Habakkuk 1:5 NIV)
At the end of the book, Habakkuk realized that even though God was allowing suffering and loss, he could still rejoice in the Lord.
Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.
The Sovereign Lord is my strength; He makes my feet like the feet
of a deer, He enables me to go on the heights. (Habakkuk 3:18-19 NIV)
There are going to be times in my life when I can't seem to "find" God or times where He doesn't seem to be there. No matter what, though, I can rest on His promise that He will never leave me nor forsake me. (Hebrews 13:5) Although there may be times I allow my circumstances to distance me from God, He will always be there; nothing can separate me from God's love. (Romans 8:35-39)
A friend on Facebook posted a quote she recently heard at a conference, and I think it fits well with this: "God may be silent, but He is never still." There will be times in my life when God appears silent, yet I can rest in the fact that I know He is still there. He is still in control. I will never be forsaken.
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