“AM I THE ONLY ONE?”
Have you ever
felt like you were the only person who was trying to do the right thing? No matter how hard you tried, you still felt
alone in your efforts to serve God. I think we have all been there at some
point in time, whether it was at school or at work. We aren’t the only ones, but we so seem to be
vastly outnumbered. In Psalm 12, David
is experiencing that feeling of being the only one trying to do what was right.
The true context of why he wrote this psalm is not noted but one might get the
feel that it could have been when David had heard of the death of Samuel and
Jonathan. Just listen to the first line
“Save,
O LORD, for the godly one is gone: for the faithful have vanished from among
the children of man” (Psalm 12.1). Samuel had been David’s mentor and
Jonathan had been his closest friend. It
would have been natural for David to receive encouragement from those who were
of like minds with him. Now that they
are gone, he feels all alone in a world that is full of liars and
boasters. Although he may have felt
alone, he knew he wasn’t. David was no
stranger to having the odds stacked against him. He had often been placed in
situations where the numbers were not in his favor and yet he continued to come
out the victor. The very next Psalm is a
good illustration of that. During crying
out in desperation for God to come and save him from his enemy, David closes
out Psalm 13 in this way. “But I have trusted in your steadfast love;
my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. I will sing to the Lord, because He
has dealt bountifully with me” (Psalm 13.5-6). We may experience the same sort of depression
and aloneness that David did, yet we can also experience the same type of joy
and love that he received from God.
Maybe the point of these psalms being back to back is to offer you peace
in times of feeling like the only light in a world of darkness.
Prayer
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