Psalm 6 Continued…
The first four verses of Psalm 6 contain seven pleas from David to the Lord. They are as follows: “Do not rebuke” (verse 1), “Do not discipline” (verse 1), “Be merciful” (verse 2), “heal me” (verse 2), “Turn” (verse 4), “deliver me” (verse 4), “save me” (verse 4). The pronouns “I,” “me,” and “my,” are true signals of internal desperation from David who was deeply feeling anguish.
David is asking all of these things from the Lord because of what he concludes about the Lord in verse four…His “unfailing love.” What else do we come to God for? There is no other reason for us to approach a Holy God except for the wonderful unchanging truth of His unfailing love.
Karl Barth arguably was one of the greatest theologians of the twentieth century. His twelve-volume Church Dogmatics, alone, consists of over ten thousand pages of systematic theology. Toward the end of his life, Barth made a tour of the United States, where he had the opportunity to speak at several of our nation’s top universities. During a question-and-answer time following one of his lectures, a student posed, what seemed an impossible question to answer.
“Dr. Barth, you have written extensively on every aspect of theology and church history. I’m wondering if you could sum it all up in a short sentence or two.” The room fell silent. Dr. Barth just stood there for a moment, carefully considering how to respond. Some of the professors and students who were there clearly began to feel awkward that such a trifling question would be asked of such a brilliant scholar.
Finally, Karl Barth turned toward the student and succinctly replied, “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so.” The great old hymn proclaims:
Could we with ink the ocean fill, And were the skies of parchment made;
Were every stalk on earth a quill, And every man a scribe by trade;
To write the love of God above Would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole, Though stretched from sky to sky.
PRAY
Heavenly Father, thank You for loving me and always seeing me. I’m so grateful I am not invisible to You. You call me the apple of Your eye, the crown of creation, friend and beloved. I will echo Leah and declare that, “I will praise the LORD.” You are worthy of all praise, blessing, honor and glory. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.