In Psalm 38, the psalmist is praying and telling God that he feels
Pitiable Abandoned and Betrayed.
He does not rebel. He knows that he has made serious mistakes,
He has made wrong decisions. His accusers are justified
because his behaviour has been bad. So he suffers in silence,
knowing it has been his own fault.
Socially he is at rock bottom. It has even affected his health.
This could be the story of a person who has run away from
their responsabilities ; a person who has damaged his life
and his family through drink , or debt, through gambling or
drugs, through embezelment, fraud, dishonesty, theft, with or
without violence, leading to prison, mental breakdown, and,
homelessness . This sounds terrible,.......really bad,.......but
when someone becomes vulnerable, unless they get really timely
help and very good advice, the decline from manageable
problems to depression, loss of dignity and self respect , can be
rapid and shocking to the victim. Such circumstances can isolate
people from those who might have been any support.
We must not abandon such a person, but come quickly to their aid.
as a "Good Samaritan", first to sympathize with their grief and
exhaustion, then to release them from their traps.
Homelessness is a trap. Debt is a trap.
Hunger is a painful trap. Dependence is a trap.
Lack of good health can be a very restricting trap.
With the mind of Christ, we can appreciate the shock of
bereavement or natural disaster, like fire or flood,
becoming redundant, or becoming bankrupt or loosing good health.
But it does happen every day to ordinary men and women,
In Psalm 38 NCV the psalmist prays;-
22, Do not abandon me, O LORD;
my God, do not remain far from me.
16 I place my hope in you, O LORD:
You, O LORD, my God, will answer for me.
10 O LORD, all my longing is known to you
and my sighs are not hidden from you.
23 Come quickly to my aid, O LORD, my Saviour.
In his prayer the psalmist expresses his hope.
When we find that we are the victim,
we can turn with the psalmist to the one true God
We have an anchor that keeps the soul
Steadfast and sure when the billows roll.
An anchor for the soul, firm and secure Hebrews 6:19 ESV. .
And when it is our turn to be the "Good Samaritan,"
in the love of Jesus, may we appreciate the distress of the downtrodden
then as the people of God, may we be strong in the Spirit,
and minister well with a good heart to see that they (the downtrodden)
are set free from the causes of their distress.
Pitiable Abandoned and Betrayed.
He does not rebel. He knows that he has made serious mistakes,
He has made wrong decisions. His accusers are justified
because his behaviour has been bad. So he suffers in silence,
knowing it has been his own fault.
Socially he is at rock bottom. It has even affected his health.
This could be the story of a person who has run away from
their responsabilities ; a person who has damaged his life
and his family through drink , or debt, through gambling or
drugs, through embezelment, fraud, dishonesty, theft, with or
without violence, leading to prison, mental breakdown, and,
homelessness . This sounds terrible,.......really bad,.......but
when someone becomes vulnerable, unless they get really timely
help and very good advice, the decline from manageable
problems to depression, loss of dignity and self respect , can be
rapid and shocking to the victim. Such circumstances can isolate
people from those who might have been any support.
We must not abandon such a person, but come quickly to their aid.
as a "Good Samaritan", first to sympathize with their grief and
exhaustion, then to release them from their traps.
Homelessness is a trap. Debt is a trap.
Hunger is a painful trap. Dependence is a trap.
Lack of good health can be a very restricting trap.
With the mind of Christ, we can appreciate the shock of
bereavement or natural disaster, like fire or flood,
becoming redundant, or becoming bankrupt or loosing good health.
But it does happen every day to ordinary men and women,
In Psalm 38 NCV the psalmist prays;-
22, Do not abandon me, O LORD;
my God, do not remain far from me.
16 I place my hope in you, O LORD:
You, O LORD, my God, will answer for me.
10 O LORD, all my longing is known to you
and my sighs are not hidden from you.
23 Come quickly to my aid, O LORD, my Saviour.
In his prayer the psalmist expresses his hope.
When we find that we are the victim,
we can turn with the psalmist to the one true God
We have an anchor that keeps the soul
Steadfast and sure when the billows roll.
An anchor for the soul, firm and secure Hebrews 6:19 ESV. .
And when it is our turn to be the "Good Samaritan,"
in the love of Jesus, may we appreciate the distress of the downtrodden
then as the people of God, may we be strong in the Spirit,
and minister well with a good heart to see that they (the downtrodden)
are set free from the causes of their distress.
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