Today, I am reading and commenting on  Psalms 68-71.

As I read today’s psalms I was drawn once more to write about Psalm 69, although I will be adding some thoughts from the other psalms in today’s reading.  However, I am going to start with some thoughts from Psalm 68.  There the psalmist tells us that God will be a father to the fatherless and protect widows.  Further, he tells us that God will place the lonely among those who will be family to them.  What are your needs?  Turn to God and He will provide for them.  Having written that I come to my thoughts on Psalm 69.  The psalmist cries out to God because he is at the end of his resources.  He is overwhelmed and feels like he is about to drown.  He acknowledges that he has sinned and begs God to not allow his sin to bring shame upon others who also call upon God.  The psalmist recognizes that his enemies are attacking him because of his desire to serve God, but that they will attempt to use his failings to belittle all who seek God.  I understand his pleadings to mean him asking God to help him overcome his sins so that they cannot be used to make all who seek God look bad.  In the same way, I ask God to give me the discipline and self-control to not do that which can be used against those who seek to do His will.  God knows my sins, I beg of Him that He take them from me so that they cannot be used to make faith in Him seem hypocritical and something of which to be ashamed.  If I must face shame for my faith in God, so be it, but I ask that God not allow others who seek Him to be shamed by my actions.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.