Saturday
February 28, 2009

Psalm 43
“1Vindicate me, O God,
And plead my cause against an ungodly nation;
Rescue me from deceitful and wicked men.
2You are my God my stronghold.
Why have you rejected me?
Why must I go about mourning,
Oppressed by the enemy?
3Send forth your light and your truth,
Let them guide me;
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
To the place where you dwell.
4Then will I go to the altar of God,
To God, my joy and my delight.
I will praise you with the harp,
O God, my God.
5Why are you downcast, O my soul?
Why so disturbed within me?
Put your hope in God,
For I will yet praise him,
My Savior and my God.

Reflection
First Pray and ask the Lord to prepare your heart for meeting with him. Tell the Lord that you really want to hear from him, and settle your hearts for him.
Psalm 42 and 43 were meant to be together, but were separated because of strophes. I would suggest reading Psalm 42, which starts the second book of the Psalms. Read this to truly understand how badly the temple musicians and assistants (the sons of Korah) were thirsting for God.
When you first read through Psalm 43 observe the passage, note anything that you can really relate to or anything that just jumps out at you and you feel like the Lord is trying to show you or tell you. These verses will help you to understand that our only hope is in God.
Also, pick out words that you are not sure what they mean and look them up in a Bible Dictionary. This will help you to understand the scripture better. Look at commentaries, study bibles, and ask other Christians.
Now confess your sins to God through prayer. Use God’s word in Psalm 43 to pray to him and confess that in times of discouragement we do not turn to God and that our only hope is not in God because we get too caught up in our worldly desires. Pray thoroughly through Psalm 43. God really loves it when you pray his word to him! Thank God for his promise to be with us at all times and to help us through this life he has made new through his son Jesus Christ!

Written by a PC Senior

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The Multicultral Student Union