Greetings Responders
"But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; and I am like a mute who does not open his mouth. Thus I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth is no response." (Psalm 38:13-14)
My "natural response"...when people are talking about me...or putting me down...or who speak bad thing to or about me...is to OPEN MY MOUTH...and give them a piece of my MIND. What I am THINKING is expressed in what I am SAYING.
The Psalmist is singing about a time when he is being chastened by the Lord...and the response of his loved ones, friends, relatives, those seeking his destruction, those seeking his hurt... and response to his chastening. To me it sounds much like Job (not jAHb...but jOb).
"My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, and my relatives stand afar off. Those also who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, and plan deception all the day long." (Psalm 38:11-12)
There are always those...who are on the outside looking in...not going through what you are going through...shaking their heads and clucking their tongues...and wondering why you can't be like them.
Now the ball is in the Psalmist's court...your court...my court...and we can either HEAR what they say...and OPEN our mouths to respond...OR...we can (1) not hear (or refuse to listen) and
(2) not open our mouth (respond with excuses, reasons, etc).
The only way that you can do this...is based on where you hope is...in the talkers...or the Lord.
"FOR IN YOU...O LORD...I HOPE; Yo will hear, O Lord my God. For I said...Hear me, lest they rejoice over me. Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me."
(Psalm 38:15-16)
The Psalmist does not deny his need for chastening...but does NOT respond to the chiding from others.
Love and Non-Responding Kisses
Rodney "Hopin' In The Lord" Boyd
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