His ways are better than my ways

Gods ways are better than my ways

S-Psalm 71 NASB

1 ¶ In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed.

2 In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; Incline Your ear to me and save me.

3 Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come; You have given commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress.

4 Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the grasp of the wrongdoer and ruthless man,

5 For You are my hope; O Lord GOD, You are my confidence from my youth.

6 By You I have been sustained from my birth; You are He who took me from my mother's womb; My praise is continually of You.

7 ¶ I have become a marvel to many, For You are my strong refuge.

8 My mouth is filled with Your praise And with Your glory all day long.

9 Do not cast me off in the time of old age; Do not forsake me when my strength fails.

10 For my enemies have spoken against me; And those who watch for my life have consulted together,

11 Saying, "God has forsaken him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver."

12 ¶ O God, do not be far from me; O my God, hasten to my help!

13 Let those who are adversaries of my soul be ashamed and consumed; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek fnto injure me.

14 But as for me, I will hope continually, And will praise You yet more and more.

15 My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your salvation all day long; For I do not know the fnsum of them.

16 I will come with the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD; I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone.

17 O God, You have taught me from my youth, And I still declare Your wondrous deeds.

18 And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come.

19 For Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the fnheavens, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You?

20 You who have shown me many troubles and distresses Will revive me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

21 May You increase my greatness And turn to comfort me.

22 ¶ I will also praise You with a harp, Even Your truth, O my God; To You I will sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You; And my soul, which You have redeemed.

24 My tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long; For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my hurt.

O-  This is a psalm of David, likely written during a period in which Absalom his son, was chasing after him trying to kill him and take his throne from him.  What we know about David, is he is extremely loyal to his family and extremely loyal to God.  So observing him in this tension between what he knows (God has anointed him King over Israel), and what he feels (great love and responsibility to shepherd his own son).   So once again David cries out to the Lord the only place he knows he can go.

A -  The application for me is that it is not important who is coming against you, their motive, and their truth.  What is important is what God wants you to do in the circumstances.   He has the big picture and He knows when I should go or when I should wait.  He knows when I should speak or when I need to bite my tongue.   His ways are better than my ways.  

P - Dear Lord thank you for cementing into my heart and mind that your ways are better than mine. Help me to remember that I to seek your guidance in all things great and small, but especially in those moments when I am feeling attacked by those around me.  Help me to have a heart like David.   I pray all this in Jesus name, Amen.