Posted on 09/26/2011 5:36:06 PM PDT by HarleyD
Psa 86:1 A Prayer of David. Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.
Psa 86:2 Preserve my life, for I am godly; save your servant, who trusts in you--you are my God.
Psa 86:3 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day.
Psa 86:4 Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
Psa 86:5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
Psa 86:6 Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace.
Psa 86:7 In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me.
Psa 86:8 There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.
Psa 86:9 All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.
Psa 86:10 For you are great and do wondrous things; you alone are God.
Psa 86:11 Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.
Psa 86:12 I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, and I will glorify your name forever.
Psa 86:13 For great is your steadfast love toward me; you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol.
Psa 86:14 O God, insolent men have risen up against me; a band of ruthless men seeks my life, and they do not set you before them.
Psa 86:15 But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
Psa 86:16 Turn to me and be gracious to me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your maidservant.
Psa 86:17 Show me a sign of your favor, that those who hate me may see and be put to shame because you, LORD, have helped me and comforted me.
Psalms ping....
Psa 86:5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
“Incline your ear, O LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.”
We are all poor and needy indeed!
Some would also relegate them to moral stories as well. But our Lord Jesus said that the Old Testament was written specifically about Him.
I think the issue is really that people find it difficult to relate the God of the Old Testament to the God of the New. It makes them uncomfortable simply because they choose not to understand the very nature of God. Personally, I have always been a great fan of the OT simply because I have felt that it reveals God/man true interaction. It you want theology, the start of the Christian church, or to know the life of Christ you will find it in the New Testament. If you want an example or a principle of our fallen state and the way God redeems us and cares for us, you will find it in the Old Testament.
I agree completely! I have a hard time understanding the arguments I hear sometimes against the true nature of our God that he unreservedly revealed to us. Someone said on this forum that the OT God was a different one from the one revealed in the NT. I was shocked! They stated that the OT God was like "Odin", fierce, dreadful, angry and vengeful. It was then stated that the NT God instead was "love" and incapable of the same characteristics spoken of in the OT. I had a hard time convincing them that they are one and the same God and we do not have more than one true God.
There is only one true God and he does not change, his compassion and mercies are renewed every morning and they endure forever. Every promise that he spoke to the individual is relevant to us today. He does not change and that is why we can trust in him and surrender ourselves completely to him and his will.
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