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Tuesday... I finally understand.


Psalm 40:6b (NLT), "Now that you have made me listen, I finally understand."

Tuesday... I finally understand.

We go through situations in our life. We believe that God is a part of our life but it is so easy for us to step back and say that we don't understand why we are going through what we are going through. Why isn't the LORD taking care of us? Maybe you are going through one of those times in your life right now.

King David in Psalm 40:6b (NLT) says, "Now that you have made me listen, I finally understand." And that is why some situations happen in our lives. God wants us to finally listen and understand.


Verse 1 (AMP) says, "I waited patiently and expectantly for the LORD; And he inclined to me and heard my cry. He brought me up out of a horrible pit [of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay." And during those times we wonder why we got stuck in the mud, this clay. "I waited patiently and expectantly for the LORD." And we too many times wonder why we are stuck.

Now, it can be our fault. We did something and we got stuck. We just don't understand. I thought that our trusting God keeps us on solid ground no matter what. I have sacrificed for Him. "I waited patiently and expectantly for the LORD." But I got stuck. Yes, maybe He has something for us to learn.

The Amplified Bible says verse 6 this way. "Sacrifice and meal offerings You do not desire, nor do You delight in them; You have opened my ears and given me the capacity to hear [and obey Your word]; Burnt offerings and sin offerings You do not require." The New Living Translation say, "Now that you have made me listen, I finally understand." Oh, if we would only listen.

Now all that is happening in the Middle East right now could be very confusing and of course we could be afraid. Over in Matthew 24 Jesus was telling his disciples things that they really didn't understand. For one He had told them that He was going to die and then be resurrected and that he would go back to heaven but that he would return to earth at some point and that there are signs that show He will be coming back. And anything over in the Middle East causes us to wonder. Now in Verse 13 Jesus tells them, "But the one who endures to the end will be saved." We can know and understand that, We just need to stay in God's Word. "Now that you have made me listen, I finally understand."

Back to Psalm 40:1-3. It says, "I waited patiently for the LORD to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walk along. He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see what he has done and be amazed. They will put their trust in the LORD."

Verse 6 (NIRV), "You didn't want sacrifices and offerings. You didn't require burnt offerings and sin offerings. You opened my ears so that I could hear you and obey you." Yes, that we can understand. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning



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