Let's do a little
contrast and compare between King David and Paul.
First King
David.
Psalms 13:1-2(NKJV)
1 How long, O Lord? Will You
forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face
from me?
2 How long shall I
take counsel in my soul, Having
sorrow in my heart daily? How long will my enemy be
exalted over me?
Psalms 13:5-6(NKJV)
5 But I have trusted
in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your
salvation.
6 I will sing to
the Lord, Because He has dealt bountifully with
me.
Here King David
starts off with the old woe is me, God has forgotten all about me pity
party. Then along about the 5 and 6th
verses he seems to remind himself that God always comes through for him and he
almost reluctantly acknowledges that.
That just seems like
a lack of faith to me. Either you
believe that God will come through for you or you don't. And you believe it in the toughest of times
just as strongly as you believe it when things are going good. I don't see that here.
Now let's compare
that to Paul.
2 Corinthians 7:4(NKJV)
4Great is
my boldness of speech toward you, great is
my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.
Joyful in our
tribulations? Is he crazy? Or is he following Scripture. As many of you know, this is one of my
favorite Scriptures.
Romans 5:2-5(NKJV)
2through whom also we have access by faith
into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of
God.
3And not only that, but
we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;
4and perseverance, character; and character, hope.
5Now hope does not disappoint, because the
love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given
to us.
Seems to me that
Paul is showing much more faith because he doesn't have a pity party. He is joyful in his tribulation. He's saying bring it on, I've got God on my
side and so no matter what you do to me I know that my God will prevail.
Now that is faith!
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