MY
HOPE!
Ps
71:5
5
For
thou art my hope, O Lord God : thou art my trust from my youth.
Hope
looks back!
The Psalmist was now an old man. Twice he mentions it (See Psalm 71: 9 and 18).
When you are discouraged and worried, look back and count your blessings.
Remind yourself of the faithfulness of the Lord.
Hope
sings!
Verses 22 and 23 indicates that singing is done in spite of
the “great and sore troubles” mentioned in verse 20. I am reminded of Paul and
Silas singing in the dark dungeon while their hands and feet were fastened on
the stocks. What power that produced! Acts 16 tells us that their hands and
feet were loosed and there was a great earthquake that opened the prison doors.
Ah! Let’s sing!
Hope
looks to the future!
The psalmist looked to the future and moved from "You are my hope"
(v. 8) to "I will hope continually" (v. 14; see Ps
36:5; 47:10 ). The future is secure when Jesus is your Lord. The word
translated "hope" in verse 14 means a long and patient waiting
in spite of delays and disappointments. If we trust God, then the trials of
life will work for us and not against us.
Hope looks up! Warren
Wiersbe summarizes Psalm 71 this way: “He had looked back at a life of
trials and blessings from the Lord; he had looked around at his enemies; he had
looked ahead at old age and its problems; and he had even looked down into the
depths of the earth (v. 20). But it was when he looked up and realized that
God's righteousness "reaches to the heavens" (v. 19, NASB; see 36:5;
57:10; 108:4) that he grew in confidence and left his worries with the
Lord. This is a good example for us to follow.
(from
The Bible Exposition Commentary: Old Testament © 2001-2004 by Warren W.
Wiersbe. All rights reserved.)
Ps
20:7
7
Some
trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the
Lord our God.
Dear
Lord, we have seen your mighty hand in the past and we are given hope for the
future. Let us now look up and see your righteousness reaching to the heavens.
AMEN
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