The Voice of Truth

May 12, 2017

The Voice of Truth

“But as for me, I am poor and needy;

please hurry to my aid, O God.

You are my helper and my savior;

O Lord, do not delay.”

Psalm 70:5

Psalm 70 is almost identical to Psalm 40:13-17. Apparently, Israel combined portions of the psalms with other liturgies in their worship. Although their circumstances may not have been the same as those that inspired the first psalm, they found the passage helpful in expressing their heart to God.

Verse five leaps off of the page to me: “But as for me, I am poor and needy.” One of the greatest temptations I face is being duped by my own sense of self-sufficiency. In my own personal history, I struggle against feelings of worthlessness. In my distorted thinking, asking for help is weakness and fuels my lack of self-worth. I know the truth; I know who I am in Christ. Nevertheless, my daily task is to choose which voice I am going to follow. There is a voice, calling out of my history, encouraging me to rely on my strength, my sufficiency. There is also the voice of truth.

This psalm helps me remember that Jesus, the voice of truth, calls to the poor and needy. I recognize his voice and come to him. He calls me by name and leads me home. He walks ahead of me, and I follow him because I know his voice. (John 10:3-4)

The voice of truth never tires of me joining my voice with the psalmist,

“But as for me, I am poor and needy;

    please hurry to my aid, O God.

You are my helper and my savior;

    O Lord, do not delay.”

Psalm 70:5

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

Publications by Alex M. Knight:

·        Seeking the Life in Christ, Meditations on the New Testament and Psalms has been published and is now available at Amazon.com in paperback and Kindle.

·        The second edition of  First Think – Then Pray is available on Amazon Kindle.

·        Meditations on The Story of My Life as told by Jesus Christ has been released as an e-book on Amazon Kindle.

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