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The opening lines of this Psalm are as much revealing as they are poetic!
The Psalmist writes that his thirst for God is compared to the thirst of the deer.
And as the water from the brook quenches the thirst of the deer, God himself quenches the thirst of my soul!
There is also an intimation here as to why the deer pants for the water brook, it is weary from the vigilance it is forced to live by because of man’s sin!
We also are forced into this vigilant state because we live in a wilderness where dangers are ever present.
Dangers that would consume us!
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The enemy hunts the precious life.
A. He lays out traps to cage us.
B. He desires to take from us even that which God has reserved for Himself.
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He loves for God’s children to live in fear and desperation.
D. He desires for us to see nothing but ugliness.
He is so good at disguising his tactics and methods of stalking us, that he can overwhelm us with thoughts of doom and blind us to the freedom that is with Jesus Christ.
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The precious life is found in communion with God.
A. In Him we find comfort and purpose.
B. In Him we know what truth is.
C. In Him we are reminded that He watches and cares for me.
D. In Him we are strengthened and endure.
Why would people attempt suicide?
Why would a Christian use suicide as an escape?
Because the ugliness and despair of life can cause such nearsightedness, and our adversary the devil capitalizing upon that situation, will prevent one from ever looking up to where our help comes from.
The writer of this psalm asks himself several times why his own soul is cast down despite the power and majesty of God.
But he also reminds himself multiple times that he will look to God and trust in Him!
Sometimes we must remind ourselves over and over again, that God loves us, and He will lift us up!
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