A Look at Psalm 119:28
God, give me strength!
Psalm 119:28 “My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.”
David begins this section of Scripture (Daleth) by proclaiming he has been laid low in the dust. Then, he expresses the weariness of his soul. It is not atypical for us to go through times of exhaustion. However, it’s through the weariness, and times of exhaustion, that we realize our lives are beginning to accomplish something for God.
I once heard of a man who said, “We are not carnal beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a carnal experience.” This is what Jesus expresses to us in
Hebrews 10:5: “Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: ‘Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.’”
Jesus was a spiritual being, who came from heaven, into a body that God had prepared for Him. God was not looking for sacrifices of animals and burnt offerings, although the law required them to be made
(Hebrews 10:8).
That which God was looking for was someone who would willingly offer his own body in service to the will of God.
“Then He (Jesus) said, ‘Here I am . . . I have come to do your will, O God’” Hebrews 10:7. Jesus became the ultimate sacrifice because He offered His prepared body in service to God. When we do the same, it will result in weariness from time to time; it may even feel like total breakdown. However, it is because of what Jesus did through His body that you and I can experience salvation today. When we give our bodies for the doing of God’s will, ultimately others will see Jesus and be saved.
We must learn, like David, to draw our strength through the Word of God. Remember our prayer: “Put me to life”? It is applicable here also. “Bring new life, new joy, in me through Your Word.”
Take some time today to pray over/through this, meditating on this verse. Then thank God for the life that comes through His Word.
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