What do we do when we have faith in God and confidence he will come through for us, but we have to wait? What if we fail or our life runs out before then? That’s the question posed by our section today. Psalm 119:81-88 (Kaph) is like a lament that keeps asking heart-wrenching questions while running to God in faith, not rebelling against him.
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Psalm 119 is the longest psalm of the Bible and it's like a complete class in listening to God's word and growing closer in our faith and devotion to him. We are listening to one or two stanzas at a time (8 verses each), and today we focus on the eleventh stanza (kaph) in which all the lines begin with the K sound.
The main feature of this stanza is the difficulties, suffering and vulnerability of the poet and questioning God. In the first seven of the verses (vv. 81-87) there is some mention of affliction, trial or challenge, and in many of those a question is raised to God. These verses sound a lot like the laments that feature prominently in the first half of the book of Psalms. The last verse (v. 88) expresses trust in God, and this is the midpoint of the entire psalm.
One way to slow down and remember God's teaching is to write out one stanza (8 verses) of Psalm 119 each day until you finish it. After you've written out the stanza for the day, pick one verse from that section to meditate on throughout the day. Choose whichever verse expresses your own experience with God. For today's reading, I recommend v. 88.
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