God Thinks About Me

God Thinks About Me

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

7:51 AM

Psalm 40:17 (KJV)

17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.

David asks in another Psalm

Psalm 144:3 (KJV)

3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him!

1-3. An Experience of Answered Prayer. I waited... he inclined... and heard.

Charles F. Pfeiffer and Everett F. Harrison, ed., The Wycliffe Bible Commentary, (Chicago: Moody Bible Institute, 1990), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "Psalm 40. A New Song of Praise".

4, 5. The Theme of the Song. Many... thy wonderful works.

Charles F. Pfeiffer and Everett F. Harrison, ed., The Wycliffe Bible Commentary, (Chicago: Moody Bible Institute, 1990), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "Psalm 40. A New Song of Praise".

6-11. The Response to the New Song. I delight to do thy will.

Charles F. Pfeiffer and Everett F. Harrison, ed., The Wycliffe Bible Commentary, (Chicago: Moody Bible Institute, 1990), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "Psalm 40. A New Song of Praise".

Hebrews 10:5-9 quotes 40:6-8 and applies the passage to Christ, which makes this a Messianic psalm.

Some see the birth of Christ in verse 7,

His sinless life in verse 8, and

His sacrificial death in verse 6. However,

it was first of all a psalm about David and his needs and how the Lord met them,

Warren Wiersbe, Bible Exposition Commentary – Be Worshipful (Psalms 1-89), (Colorado Springs, CO: Victor, 2003), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, 171.

12-17. The Petition for Deliverance. Make haste to help me. - This prayer ends with a confidence and faith in God that is remarkable -

Charles F. Pfeiffer and Everett F. Harrison, ed., The Wycliffe Bible Commentary, (Chicago: Moody Bible Institute, 1990), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "Psalm 40. A New Song of Praise".

That the Lord thinks about us - me - there are two things in that thought that I find comforting and encouraging

How much he thinks about us - One writer said, "they are incessant" I have friends and family that I only get to see once or twice a year, so I put up pictures, or hold on to things they have given me to help me remember them - because I can't think of them all the time - nor can they think of me all the time, as half the time I am sleeping and the rest of the time I am taken up with life and my family but every once in a while they will come to my mind and I will think about them. But God never stops thinking about us - in fact he told Israel, he had engraved them on his hands to help him remember How God thinks about us - He thinks in wisdom and ability - sometimes I am confronted with issues of my own or someone else's that I have no idea how to help or fix - I love what Adam Clarke said on this verse - The words are very emphatic; Adonai, my prop, my support, thinketh, meditateth, upon me. On which he concludes: “Thou art my help and deliverer.” Seeing that my miserable state occupies thy heart, it will soon employ thy hand. Thou, who meditatest upon me, wilt deliver me.

David suggests, by his use of think of me (40:17), that now would be a good time for God to carry out what He has planned (40:5; the Hebrew words for think of me and planned are related).

Wesleyan Bible Commentary - Wesleyan Bible Commentary – Psalms.

Think of this prayer that David prays and how he prays it - The humble But, and the believing Yet. The little I am, and the great Thou art.

The Treasury of David.

Jeremiah 29:11-13 King James Version (KJV)

11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

12 Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

He thinks about me enough to;

Take Care of me

To provide for me

To meet my needs

To guide me spiritually

To check me when I get out of line

To bless and help me bless others