Proclamation:
“Send me Your light and Your faithful
care, let them lead me; let them bring me to Your holy mountain, to the place
where You dwell. Then I will go to The Alter
of God, to God, my joy and my delight. I
will praise You with the lyre, O God, my God.”
Psalm 43:3-4 (NIV)
Explanation:
This psalm was written under the influence
of The Holy Spirit of God by an unknown human author (probably King David) and
is believed to be a continuation of Psalm 42, which was written for the sons of
Korah to sing. The psalmist began with a
prayer for The Lord God to vindicate him and he wanted Him to plead his case to
an ungodly nation. (Psalm 43:1) He also wanted The Lord God to rescue him from
an unjust man. It is not clear whether
the man that he wanted to be delivered from was his son Absalom, his friend
Ahithophel, or King Saul. Regardless of
who he is referring to, he wants The Lord God to rescue him. (Psalm 43:1) He needs guidance, protection, and direction,
and he wants The Lord God to give it to him.
He wants to be in the presence of The Lord God and to be with Him where
He lives. (Psalm 43:3) Then he will go
to The Alter and there he will publicly praise and worship The Lord with
singing and playing the harp. (Psalm 43:4)
He ends this psalm with the same rhetorical question that he asks in
Psalm 42, why is his soul depressed, then states that he will put his trust in
The Lord and praise Him. (Psalm 42:11 and 43:5)
Application:
Regardless of what it is that we are going
through, The Lord God, The Light of the world, can protect us, guide and direct
us. We just need to sincerely seek
Him. We need to be in His presence. His divine guidance will lead us to the house
of God and to publicly praise and worship Him along with the other saints for
He is worthy. Prayer and praise is always appropriate whatever our situation. In God we will always trust.
