APRIL RADIO MESSAGE DO THOU FOR ME D id you know that the history of “Mrs. Judas” is found in the Bible? Our five-word sentence sermon describes her. Her children are also told about in the Word of God. We should get the context by starting with Psalms 109:6, “Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. Let his days be few; and let another take his of fice. Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. Let his chil dren be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. Let the extortioner catch all that he h a th ; and let the strangers spoil his labour. Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. Let his posterity be cut off; and in the gen eration following let their name be blotted out.” You may rightfully ask, “How can you say that it is about Mrs. Judas and her children?” My answer is be cause Peter said so. Do you remember in the first chapter of Acts the apostle quotes this as referring to Judas Iscariot? This is the reason we can make such an application. Down in verse 21 we find a sweet phrase which is our text, “But do thou for me.” The Psalmist is talking to the Lord. He wants Him to do something spe cial for him. I ask you, would you like the Lord to do something for you to day? Tell Him exactly what you would like Him to do for, in or through you. How wonderful it is to serve the liv ing God. The entire verse declares, “But do thou for me, O God the Lord, for thy name’s sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.” Verse 27 car ries on these thoughts as we read, “That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, Lord, hast done it.”
Dr. Walter L, Wilson
That means a great deal to me. God is willing to do something for me so that others may know that we belong to Him. If you know and love the Lord, then you will want to do things which will exalt His interests and bring glory to His name. I t is further interesting to note that this is one of the Messianic Psalms foretelling us of the Lord Jesus Christ. Look how there is confidence in the almighty God. Prayer should never be selfish. So often we ask God to bless what we have done rather than praying that He might do what He knows is right, so that honor and glory may come to him. David wanted God to be known as a miracle-working Saviour. David was in a position where nobody else could help him but the Lord. It is good for us to be found in similar sur roundings. Money, church ritual, edu cation, social standing, none of these things can help; we must trust it all to Christ. We need to have this same personal dealing with the Lord so that we may say with David, “0 God, thou a rt my God!” This is what gives us true peace of heart which gives us both the same peace God enjoys as well as peace with Him. I remember the time a great big bill came to me. I couldn’t pay it, so I went to the Lord about it. I told the Lord, “E v e r y b o d y knows that I haven’t got any money. I’m looking to You to do it.” He did do it too, in a way I never even thought of. The Lord put it into the hearts of those I had written off as “dead beats.” He was the one who caused them to send the money they owed me. There was plenty as a result and you can be sure I thanked Him for the miracle. That is what is meant by our text, “But do thou for me.” When David was in the cave during the time that the army of Saul was all around him, the Lord put it into the hearts of some enemies to invade. 3
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