TGFABT – Psalm 38

Am I Overwhelmed?

My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
Psalm 38:4

David felt God’s anger.

  • Sometimes we feel God’s anger.
  • Sometimes we hear God’s silence.
  • Sometimes we sense God’s distance.
  • Sometimes we experience physical symptoms that are a result of a spiritual condition.

Does my sin does not overwhelm?

Why or why not?

1 John 1:9
”If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”

23-24

“Investigate my life, O God, find out everything about me; Cross-examine and test me, get a clear picture of what I’m about; See for yourself whether I’ve done anything wrong then guide me on the road to eternal life.” (The Message)

“In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.  And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will.”  Romans 8:26-27

Today, exchange the distress associated with the denial of sin for the freedom that comes with forgiveness.

Dear Jesus

I don’t want to be separated from Your love. Investigate my life, O God, find out everything about me; Cross-examine and test me, get a clear picture of what I’m about; See for yourself whether I’ve done anything wrong then guide me on the road to eternal life. (The Message) I confess that I don’t really know what to pray but ask the Holy Spirit who lives in me to intercede on my behalf by hearing my prayer and translating them to the ear of the Father in groans only He understands. You are faithful and just to forgive my sin and purify me from all my unrighteousness.

Truth Tuesday

My sin should overwhelm me.  His power will heal me.

Word Study

I find it so very interesting how often the transliteration of the word wait is hope. We so often say waiting makes us feel hopeless. and helpless.  God intended for our waits to be hopeful and full of expectation.

I love this definition!

“I wait for you, O Lord; you will answer,O Lord my God.” Psalm 38:15

Yachal  (yaw-chal’): hope, expect, tarry, wait for, hope for

I love this verse with the same meaning of wait only the word hope is used.
“The LORD is my portion saith my soul therefore will I hope in Him.” Lamentations 3:

Thankful Thursday

I am thankful God is faithful even when I am not.

Faith Stretching/Strengthening

A repeat of something painful from my past caught me off guard. I can’t believe it happened again. But God is still on His throne!!!


8 Comments

  1. Tough Psalm this week. I want God to help me see sin that I’ve become comfortable with …grown accustomed to. I want Him to reveal my unconfessed sin. I want my sin to overwhelm me until I confess and experience the freedom of forgiveness. I want to be more like Jesus everyday.

  2. 23 Search me, God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
    24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting.
    I can never be all that I was created to be without the Spirit living in me. It gives me comfort, though the road may not be easy, to know that God alone is my judge and He will lead me in the way everlasting.

  3. I appreciate today’s lesson and the prayer. Many times I feel I am just reciting rotely because I have no idea what to pray for. Sometimes I feel overwhelmed by this truth because I feel that God may ignore me because he feels I keep repeating the same old thing. So now I know that I can ask the Holy Spirit that lives inside of me to help me share my burdens even if I am unaware of them. I think this is my favorite of all the lessons so far!

  4. I have been searching my soul trying to figure out if I am missing something in my relationship with God. This is a good lesson to ask the Holy Spirit to help provide the answers and grow in my prayer life too.

  6. Truth is I am trying to search and ask God why more burdens. I know he will help me through these trials because he loves me. I keep searching:(

  7. HOPE is my word right now. I am waiting on the Lord for good news on a very scary health issue for my husband. Hope to have positive results soon.

  8. Thankful for the husband that God gave me. Feeling blessed and appreciated by his love. God is good even when I don’t pay attention to his disciplining when I need it.

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