Psalm 109 – Walk Out of Darkness
Friday, 3rd February 2023
Rev Daniel Xi An Poon
Section One V1-5 Pray Wholeheartedly
V1-2 ‘Do not keep silent, o God of my praise! For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful have opened against me; they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.’ David’s prayer was full of praises, and he used praises to open the gates of the Heaven If we don’t praise God, then we won’t know the Name of God, we don’t know Who God is, our mouths are full of complaints and judgments… We must learn to praise God, to call His Name and to seek Him always. In prayers, do we build up relationship with God?
Section Two V6-20 Give Everything
Are we willing to let go and let God? It’s easy for us to see our own problems and to ask God to resolve our problems, but do we see God’s blessings? Do we give thanks and count blessings? We take everything for granted, we don’t feel loved and blessed. It’s so easy for us to be offended by God and by authority, because we don’t have love and trust in our relationship. We don’t know how to count blessings. In David’s prayers, he did not ask God to solve his problems, but he knew God will walk with him no matter what.
V20 ‘Let this be the Lord’s reward to my accusers, and to those who speak evil against my person.’ We don’t need to tell God what to do, because if we give everything to God, to have this love and trust for God, then we don’t need to worry, He will work according to His timing and His way.
Section Three V21-31 Jehovah Arises
To walk out of darkness is not by our strength, but to uplift God. When we see how great our God is then we will see how little our problems are. We can so easily to drag God down to our level and to see our problems, but God wants us to arise and shine in the highest place. Therefore when we lift God up, when we see God sits enthroned, then gradually we will see things on His level. In darkness we cannot see the way in front of us, but when we let go, and let God arise in our lives, then we can see the I Am Who I Am God and our problems will no longer be problems.
V26-27 ‘Help me, O Lord my God! Oh, save me according to Your mercy, that they may know that this is Your hand—That You, Lord, have done it!’ Do we see God is the God who saves? Do we know God is the God who delivers? Let us be humble, to admit that we are poor in spirit, then He will give us the Kingdom of God. He is always enthroned, He is always in the Highest Place, but it’s us, who drag Him down to earth and try to get Him to do what we want Him to do, instead of doing what He wants to do.
When the enemy comes to attack us, we don’t need to worry, because this is the time for Jehovah to arise. David knew this secret, he knew he was the servant of God, not the other way around. When we let God be our Master, our King of kings, and our Lord of lords, then we don’t need to worry, we just follow Him and praise Him, and He can work wonders in our environment.
V30-31 ‘I will greatly praise the Lord with my mouth; yes, I will praise Him among the multitude. For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who condemn him.’ This is how we can walk out our darkness, to praise God, to lift up His Name, and in front of people, to testify for Him. Let us stop the words of complaints and condemnation coming our from our mouth, but to say to God, ‘let Your Will be done’. His Will is higher than our wills and His Plan is higher than our plans, He wants to bless us and to lead us into light.
We want to resolve our own problems, we also want to rely on others to help us with our problems, we want to resolve everything quickly and immediately, but when problems come, can we slow down our pace and pray first? To pray wholeheartedly, to give everything, and to see God arise above all our problems?
诗篇109 – 走出黑暗
2023年2月3日 星期五
潘锡安牧师
当神让我们知道自己所处的光景时，我们不是宣告眼中所看到的黑暗 – 神的话是我们脚前的灯、路上的光，他会教导我们如何走出黑暗。
一、v.1-5 专心祈祷
V1 神在我们生命是我们“所赞美的”吗？还是我们来到神的面前只会跟他要东西？神是YAHWEH（雅威 – 耶和华）, 是创造主，他永不改变。大卫在这里给我们很深的启示，他的生命充满祈祷和赞美。当我们时常赞美时，神不会“闭口不言”。
V2-3 大卫所面对的是周围人的负面话语、攻击，而他的回应是“爱”和“专心祈祷”。我们可能遇到很多患难、问题，我们是否专心祈祷？大卫的祈祷是赞美神、高举神的名。
二、v.6-20 一切交托
V6-19 我们不是嘴上祷告，心里却放不下。大卫懂得将那些人事物交托给神，他不要靠自己想办法去处理，而是“愿”神成就。当我们平时不去赞美神，只在有问题的时候才来找神，就不会认识神的名，不知道神的大能，因我们跟神没有关系。真正的关系是用爱与信任来建立的。我们与神有关系吗，真的对神有爱有信任吗，还是与神对抗？大卫时常看到的是神在他身上的祝福，我们却常看到问题，觉得我们经历的顺利是理所当然的，讲不出能够感恩神的见证，对神和权柄没有爱与信任。
V20 我们不需要神做什么具体的事，只要将一切交托，对神完全的爱与信任。不要让人看到我们整天活在黑暗中，而是每一天来赞美神，数算恩典，才能真正走出黑暗。
三、v.21-31 耶和华上升
V26 我们要走出黑暗，就不要紧抓问题不放，而是让耶和华在我们的生命中上升。我们不要把神拉下来，因为他要我们兴起发光。大卫在黑暗中看到神是帮助他的，是有慈爱、拯救他的神。当我们遇到问题时，看不见前方的路，唯有放手，将我们里面的一切小剧场放下，让神升起，高举神，才能看到神是我们的神。我们是否能看到神是雅威（耶和华），是帮助我们、拯救我们的神？神高举谦卑的人，当我们谦卑，才能升起。神本来就在天上掌权，不要我们将他升上去，然而我们是否让他在我们的生命中上升、让他坐在我们生命的宝座上？
V27 在患难中我们若能真的喜乐，在困境中仍然真实赞美神，别人看到我们才会知道我们的不一样，知道雅威（耶和华）是我们的神。
V28 当我们知道雅威（耶和华）是我们的神时，我们就能不看环境，而是相信无论发生什么神都能“赐福”。敌人何时来攻击我们都没有关系，因为神会上升，我们知道自己是神的仆人才会欢喜。
V30 如何走出黑暗？就是不要背后说批评论断的话，而是“用口极力称谢耶和华”，不是对别人讲自己的问题来博取同情，而是“在众人中间赞美他”。我们是否在问题中仍将主权交给神？让我们学效耶稣在上十字架前的祷告，愿父神的旨意而不是自己的旨意成就。
V31 我们遇到问题时很容易就会想解决方法，然而我们是否能够凡事放慢脚步？遇到问题，先祷告交托，因为神“必站在穷乏人的右边，要救他脱离审判他灵魂的人”。“审判他灵魂的人”指的是整天控诉我们的撒旦。唯有让耶和华神在我们的生命中上升，让他成为我们的首位，神就让我们经历祝福，出黑暗、进入他奇妙的光明。