Thursday, October 24, 2013

waiting for the good

6 Many are saying, “Who will show us any good?”
Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O Lord!
7 You have put gladness in my heart,
More than when their grain and new wine abound.
8 In peace I will [k]both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.
Psalms 4:6-8 (NASB)

As I read the Psalms I chanced on these verses which were so similar to the idea Jeremiah 32:40
40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me.

Verse 6: many are saying, who will show us any good?
The psalmist replies: you have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and new wine abound. The comparison to the time of abundance brings out the psalmist's immense satisfaction even in times of no abundance.
So the psalmist response to those who say "who will show us any good", is that of  "good is being shown". God is not thrifty in showing us good, on the other hand, we are slow in perceiving them.

And so knowing how he is good beyond the seasons of abundance, in Him we find a safe dwelling, one so safe, so secure it grants us rest.
I wonder. What keeps me up at night?
Let my heart be gladdened by You, more than when the grain and new wine abounds.

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