Psalm VI

There is so much in this Psalm that I am only doing the first 5 verses. In Spurgeon's Treasury of David, he divides the Psalm after verse 7. There is a lot to think about and consider. May the Spirit search your soul and encourage with the Word.

1. When we sin do we pray for God to keep His discipline away?

David prays for the Lord’s rebuke and discipline to remain, just not in anger.

Do we desire the Lord’s correction even when it hurts? Why?

What attitude do we need to have in order to be open to the Lord’s correction?

The goal of God’s discipline is to bring us to repentance.

2. Languishing (ESV); Pining Away (NASB): weakness; exhaustion; feeble

God’s objective is to bring His people to their knees as a warning and to humble

them.

Are we willing to be weak even in the eyes of others?

Are we willing that God should be our strength and alive in us and that we are

weak in man’s eyes?

Do we have a fear of God that gives him the respect that is His as Creator?

3. When your soul also is in anguish that is true agony.

Have you been in true agony over sin in your life?

Do you grieve over lack of zeal for God, neglect of His teaching, neglect of

prayer, neglect of service?

4. Rescue- to remove from peril; distress

In our time of spiritual need, do we turn to God for our help?

In our time of spiritual need, do we just wait out the anguish or do we turn from

our sin of prideful self-reliance and turn to God?

Our rescue is based in His mercy. The fact that He willingly passes over our sin.

Receiving the undeserved.

5. In death there is no longer the ability to voluntarily praise God.

The saved may be in heaven praising eternally but not on earth giving praise

before the nations.

The lost are bound for eternity in the pits of hell. They are involuntarily glorifying

God because rebellion against God is being punished. Sin cannot enter God’s

presence.

Do you desire to see the lost come to salvation?

What actions are in your life to make that happen?

Do we care that there are millions of people passing into eternity without Christ?