referring to the death of his par ents. That is possible. More than this, however, he is suggesting that this could be the ultimate loneli ness. Naturally speaking, parents would be the last ones to leave their own children. This envisions the last desolation. Yet, God is al ways there. He will never leave or forsake us. Verse 11 is a continuation of this saints' prayer. It is profitable for closer study. He petitions, "Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies." Notice that David does not ask for his own way. Is it not true that if we were honest, quite frequently our prayers would in essence sound like, "Lord, here are all my plans; will you please bless them?" Then we wonder why we are miserable and have frustrations. It does not work that way. It is God's path and only He can reveal it to us in His own time and pur pose. He wants to lead us on and He will do so unerringly, unfalter ingly, unhesitatingly, unwavering ly, if we will only let Him! David looks out upon his past and realizes the assured deliver ance of the Lord over the years. His heart is made confident again. There will be deliverance. We can see here the picture of his courage and determination. "Deliver me not over unto the will of mine en emies." We, as God's children, are not to pray that we might have easy lives, but rather that the Lord would make us stronger men and women. It is simply short-sighted to pray for tasks equal to our pow er. What we should really be inter ested in is power equal to our tasks! Look at the world today. There
is no mistaking. There are untold difficulties and problems which we all have to face. Here in Psalm 27:13 I think we find or own sit uation. Would you not say with David, "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living." What he is saying is that he would have utterly collapsed unless he had believed God. This is always the way it is. You must believe in order to see. Peter reminds us, "Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory" (I Peter 1:8). It is sad but true that faintness of heart is a very common ailment for many people. Look at all the things around us. Consider the corruption in every strata of soci ety and government. Think of the lawlessness and the utter contempt some people have for police offic ials. And where would we begin to comment on the immorality and sexual debauchery which plagues our land? Now, you look at these things and think, "What is the use?" The truth of the matter is, as the Lord Jesus taught us, "Men ought always to pray, and not faint." It is easy to "throw in the sponge." God wants us to move on for Him. We need to set, as our pattern, men like Moses. The Bible says that the patriarch en dured. He did not faint when things got rough. He endured as seeing Him who is invisible. We need to hang on, seeing God who is only visible through the eye of faith. The word "faith" can be spelled with the words, "Forsaking All / Trust Him." There may be some things that Page 19
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