PSALM 42
Psalms
PSALM CHAPTER 42
What Distinguished The Truly Godly Person’s
desires from those of A Merely Religious Man ?
1. THE DESIRE OF THE GODLY SOUL. V.1.
*COMPARED TO A DEER SEEKING LIVING (RUNNING) WATERS.
THESE ARE CONSCIOUS, INTENSE,
AND ACTIVE DESIRES !
A. FOR GOD.
THE LOST—BY THEMSELVES—DO NOT SEEK GOD. PS. 14:2,
PS. 53:2.
THE HUMBLE—WHO SUBMIT TO GOD’S WORKING IN THEM—
THEY SEEK GOD. PS. 69:32.
BUT, IT IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD WHO DRAWS THEM FIRST, AND
THEY SIMPLY RESPOND HUMBLY TO HIM. JOHN 6:44,
I JOHN 4:19.
B. FOR THE TRUE GOD, THE LIVING GOD.
THERE ARE MANY GODS. EX. 15:11, EX. 18:11, EX. 20:3.
OUR GOD IS THE ONLY TRUE GOD. I JOHN 5:20, JER. 10:10.
*EMPHASIS ON “LIVING” — 2 CHRONICLES 15:3.
C. FOR FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD. (DEPENDS ON ACTIONS)
DEPENDS UPON OUR WALKING WITH HIM. PS. 56:13
MUST WALK IN THE LIGHT. I JOHN 1:6-7.
2. THE TEARS OF THE GODLY SOUL. V. 3.
YOU DO NOT FIND ALL THESE IN A LOST SOUL !
A. TEARS OVER OUR OWN SINS. LUKE 7:38,44, 2 COR. 7:10.
—TEARS OVER THEIR PAINFUL CONSEQUENCES. PS. 56:8.
B. TEARS OVER THE REBELLION IN THIS WORLD. JER. 9:1.
—EVEN FOR THE CHRISTIANS WHO HAVE FALLEN. ACTS 20:31.
C. TEARS FOR THE LOST. ACTS 20:19, PS. 126:5.
3. THE MEMORY OF THE GODLY SOUL. V. 4.
A. IT PROCLAIMS THE WORKS OF GOD. PS. 145:7.
B. IT REMEMBERS TO COMMITMENTS WE MADE TO GOD.
THE AGREEMENTS. GEN. 9:15-16.
C. IT REMEMBERS HOW GOOD THINGS COULD BE—AND ONCE
WERE. REV. 2:5, REV. 3:3.
D. IT REMEMBERS THE SPIRITUAL FOOD. JUDE 1:17
4. THE PAIN OF THE GODLY SOUL. V. 5
A. IT’S CONCERN OVER WRONG FEELINGS.
—RELATIONSHIP TO GOD. PS. 53:1,, MATT. 5:6.
B. CONCERN OVER THE LACK OF FAITH.
*HOW DO WE OVERCOME THOUGHTS OF DOUBT ?
—WHAT IS THE SOURCE OF MEMORY ? ROMANS 12:2.
—WHAT SHOULD OUR PROSPECTS BE ? V.8.
>HAVING THE SONG OF GOD. EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A
TESTIMONIAL SONG. REV. 15:3.
>EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH GOD. PS. 61:1-2.
C. AGONY FROM LACK OF KNOWLEDGE OF HIS PRESENCE.
—YET GOD DIDN’T GO ANYWHERE. HEB. 13:5.
—COMES FROM LACK OF FELLOWSHIP. I JOHN 1:7.
5. THE SOLUTION TO THE DIFFICULT QUESTION. V. 10.
A. HOW DO YOU ANSWER “WHERE IS YOUR GOD ?”
—DOES GOD HAVE TO ANSWER IN OUR TIME ?
JOB 19:27, HEB. 11:13, JOHN 20:25, HEB. 4:16.
—DOES GOD PROMISE TO ANSWER AT ALL ?
>HE ANSWERS FAITH. JAMES 1:5-8.
>HE ANSWERS ACCORDING TO HIS TIME. 1 PETER 5:6.
