God is Historically Faithful

Synopsis     Psalms 43:5-44:26     10/4/2021 

As priests, the Korahites ministered before God on behalf of the people. And so, their songs reflected the needs of the nation. When God did not respond to the prayers of the nation, the priests wondered aloud what was wrong.  

In this way, they remembered with the community God’s glorious past action to establish and save the nation. Similarly, they acknowledged that God was the God over all things, including warfare. So, they wondered why God was not with his people in their current fight. And they despaired at the national of defeat. 

Because of this situation, they examined their conscience. But they found that the nation had remained faithful to God. And so, they appealed for God to act even though He had not acted in their favor up to that point.  

God is Historically Faithful 

When God doesn’t answer my prayers in the way I desire, it strikes fear in my heart. My anxiety isn’t just that God hasn’t done what I wanted Him to do, but that He has rejected me. But not just the fear of rejection, instead the fear that this rejection is permanent.  

So, just as the Korahites, remember God’s past. God has been faithful in love. And He will remain faithful in love. I am beloved. And, if I remain faithful, I will be redeemed for eternity.   

“At the time, all discipline seems a cause not for joy but for pain, yet later it brings the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who are trained by it. So strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees. Make straight paths for your feet, that what is lame may not be dislocated but healed.” Heb 12:11-13