My Lord, My God...A Look at Psalm 7

The heart of the believer..We hear a lot about this.I'm sure we have all heard statements like these, "It really is about your heart.." or ".. guard your heart.."We know the prophet Jeremiah said this about the heart in Jeremiah 17:9," The heart is deceitful and wicked, who can understand it." Not me. I know some theology, but I am not a Theologian. But, I do know this, My heart has more to do with God than it does with me, and it has everything to do with how I view my status before God. In other words..how do I view my relationship with God? More importantly, how does God view His relationship with me?

In Psalm 7, David is having a conversation with God. It begins interestingly enough with, "O' Lord, O' God, in you, do I take refuge." It appears David has been wrongly accused of Treason and Treachery. David is being slandered by formidable enemies who want his head. He gets right to the point, in what he wants-"save me", and, "deliver me." David in subsequent verses describes what his enemies will do to him and is crying out to the Lord for deliverance. Even going as far as pleading his innocence to the Lord and to take him out if he is wrong in verses 3-5. Verses 8-16 finds David describing the evil doers and there schemes and then wrapping it up with God dealing with them and David's praise and worship of God's steadfastness. His faithfulness. Why? Because He is Holy and just. Oh..but verses 6 and 7. My eyes keep going to these verses. Take a look:

     Verse 6: Arise O'Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up in the fury of your enemies;
                   Awake for me; you have appointed a judgement.
    Verse 7: Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about you; over it return on high.

Here's the thing. I've read the Psalms..I love them. But what gets me..what absolutely stops me in my tracks is David's understanding of who he was with God. His understanding of who God is and how God viewed and thought of him, is breathtaking to me. Verse 1: O'Lord, O'God..David shamelessly cries out to his only hope- The Creator. I cannot help but to be reminded of Jesus crying out on the Cross to the Father, "My God, My God!, Why have you forsaken me?"(Matthew 27:46). Sound familiar? David cried out the same thing in Psalm 22:1.  The 2nd half of verse 6-"Awake for me.' Now, I'm not a preacher..I didn't go to seminary,(Thank God!), but it appears David is saying, "Where are you?" "Are you asleep? " Do you have any idea what is going down?' "Why are you staying silent?" " I need you! Don't forsake me!, I know you are righteous and good and I am YOURS!! Save me! If I am wrong, if I am saying anything that offends you, if I have done anything to deserve this! If this is FROM YOU? Then so be it..but I know that's not the case, I know US..I know what we have and you love me! And you know I love you...

Have you ever seen this type of passion? Is David being disrespectful of God with his almost demanding request? Have you ever cried out to God, but put a spin on it, as to not have God get the wrong idea? Yeah..me too. In Acts 13:22, we see that God has said that David is a "man after my own heart." This man who was a king..also a murderer and adulterer, God said was after His heart. No..David was sure who he was in God. More importantly, God was sure of David. And He loved him. Some might say, " They had a "relationship", that David and God. I would disagree. it was a LOVE AFFAIR!!  A lover who repents time and time again and professes his love for his creator. A Creator who forgives and shows mercy time and time again, in a weak, sinful vessel who would be king!

Christian..I have relationships..I want the Love Affair!!  I want to boldly go before the throne and plead and cry and laugh and sing with my Abba..David had this I believe..and if I am honest..I am jealous of it..jealous of his unabashed love for Abba. And ashamed of my reserved love for Abba...because I may not be doing it right..That Abba may question  my misplaced love as self-preservation. No kidding. You want to read the above Psalm again?? What do you think David WAS doing?? No, Christian..what we fail to understand is that God called David a "man after His own heart", because he went to the Abba for help!! He didn't try to manipulate, manufacture or control anything! He said, " Help!! These guys are going to clean my clock! I'm banking on YOU-not me..A Love Affair will do that.. a "Relationship"will question if I am asking correctly..Oh, I want the love Affair..I so want the Love Affair..to crawl up on Abba's lap and rest my head on His neck..And Him to say, "I know..I got this..I'm so glad you are here..'' Amen.