Day 5 - Psalm 16
When we face troubles, we will either turn away from God or turn to Him. When we turn to Him and make Him our refuge, He will keep us safe. (V1)
David acknowledges that any good thing we have is from God, we always have reason to be thankful and praise Him, He is the only true God and worshipping anything else will cause us only to “suffer more and more” God is the only provider for us.
David refuses to make sacrifices or worship other gods, and keeps returning to the one true God.
He continues to praise God from verse 5 to 11 for all kinds of things including His provision (v5-6) His council and instruction (v7) and the assurance of heaven (v9-11).
You may have recognised verse 10 as this was quoted by Peter at Pentecost, it is well worth reading Acts 2:25-33 to see what he says.
Peter shows us that these verses are not speaking about King David, because as Peter says David died and was buried in a tomb that was there for all to see as he spoke!
Instead Peter points out David was prophesying about Jesus, that His body would not see decay because He rose again! He goes on to say that Peter and the others were eye witnesses of this fact!
It is amazing that David wrote this hundreds of years before Jesus and accurately prophesied that Jesus would die, but rise before His body would see decay.
David goes on to say the result of Jesus’ resurrection in verse 11, that we can know the way to God, find life in his presence, and live in eternity at His right hand.
What an amazing prophecy of the gospel and what a promise we have in Jesus!
Think it over / Meditate on:
Do you give credit or acknowledge God in all the good things in your life? Thank Him for them today.
Are there other ‘gods’ that you worship? A good test to see what we worship is to look at our cash and our calendar! What we spend our time and money on can be a good indicator as to where our heart is.
From all you have read today, how has it strengthened your faith?
Read Acts 2:25-33 if you haven’t already.
Ben
Ben Parsons, Lead Pastor - Sutton Central location