Too Honest? | Psalm 13
The more I read and study the Psalm the more impressed I am at their honesty. Read the beginning of Psalm 13. It almost causes one to cringe at the bluntness. I shudder a bit. Is this line of pointed questioning treading a little too close to disrespecting God? Are we to question him so boldly?
It’s not just this Psalm. No, these open, honest and soul-cleansing themes run throughout the poetry of Ancient Israel. So real…so raw and unrefined.
Personally, I seek to capture that attitude before the presence of God. I want to know him so deeply that I’m not afraid to express my anxieties, fears and doubts before him. I want to trust him so thoroughly that I can question him without fear he will turn his back to me. Can the prayers of the Psalmists become my own? That’s my quest…
How do you feel about it?
It’s not just this Psalm. No, these open, honest and soul-cleansing themes run throughout the poetry of Ancient Israel. So real…so raw and unrefined.
Personally, I seek to capture that attitude before the presence of God. I want to know him so deeply that I’m not afraid to express my anxieties, fears and doubts before him. I want to trust him so thoroughly that I can question him without fear he will turn his back to me. Can the prayers of the Psalmists become my own? That’s my quest…
How do you feel about it?
posted by Josh Linton at
11:30 AM
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Heb 4:14-16 comes to mind.
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