What a reminder of how far his descendants have fallen away from God! Eye opening to read of David’s devotion after reading how his great…great grandsons are leading the people into the very things God (and thus David) hates.
But how faithful is God! He does not abandon His end of the covenant even when we rebel! Thankful that He preserves a remnant and makes a way for salvation because of His steadfast love and mercy!
Keep in mind that this is the Old Testament, before Jesus died for our sins. But let that make you over look what it’s saying. God, just like his holy love that everyone so enjoys to talk of, has holy wrath. He is in every way above us and deserves more respect than we are physically able. But that’s the beauty of Jesus. He took ALL OF GODS HOLY WRATH and took that from us. God sent part of himself, in his perfect love, to give us eternity. Never forgot all the respect God deserves and that we are so incredible guilty of sin but we are forgive and given a chance for his steadfast love.
I don’t think it’s that we’re being punished per se. It’s that sometimes God allows things to happen to us so we can grow and draw nearer to him, and sometimes those things don’t feel good (like a punishment doesn’t feel good), but it’s all being used for our good. We have to remember that God already has it all figured out, and that means sometimes things don’t go according to our plan and that can hurt.
I didn’t quite understand what God was saying either but I think he saying that he made a promise to always love us and be here for us but sometime we do things to upset him and he gets bothered but at the end of the day he will always be here for us just like he promised
I think it’s kinda like a dad. When I was a kid if I disobeyed … My dad still loved me. A lot. And he still forgave me if I repented. But sometimes I still got spanked. Or grounded. Or lost privileges. You know?
I agree with Antimony’s comment of God’s discipline for sin in our lives being compared to how a father parents a child, but I would also like to add something. Not everything bad that happens to us is God directly punishing us for something we have done wrong. Because we live in a fallen, sinful world, we experience the consequences of man as a whole. Things like illnesses, death, and pain are all consequences of sin, and until we are called to Heaven we are surrounded by the hurts of this world.
We must also remember that this was under the law. But under grace, Christ came to take the punishment for our sins. And while we will sometimes face the consequences of the actions we have set in motion or go through things for a greater glory (like Paul), God is not punishing us.
89:31-33 “If they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments, then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes, but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness”. Wow. This kinda hits me right where I am. He says He will not tolerate sin. He will punish sin. And He will cause sorrow. But it will not change His love … or cancel His promise of faithfulness.
What a reminder of how far his descendants have fallen away from God! Eye opening to read of David’s devotion after reading how his great…great grandsons are leading the people into the very things God (and thus David) hates.
But how faithful is God! He does not abandon His end of the covenant even when we rebel! Thankful that He preserves a remnant and makes a way for salvation because of His steadfast love and mercy!
Keep in mind that this is the Old Testament, before Jesus died for our sins. But let that make you over look what it’s saying. God, just like his holy love that everyone so enjoys to talk of, has holy wrath. He is in every way above us and deserves more respect than we are physically able. But that’s the beauty of Jesus. He took ALL OF GODS HOLY WRATH and took that from us. God sent part of himself, in his perfect love, to give us eternity. Never forgot all the respect God deserves and that we are so incredible guilty of sin but we are forgive and given a chance for his steadfast love.
I don’t think it’s that we’re being punished per se. It’s that sometimes God allows things to happen to us so we can grow and draw nearer to him, and sometimes those things don’t feel good (like a punishment doesn’t feel good), but it’s all being used for our good. We have to remember that God already has it all figured out, and that means sometimes things don’t go according to our plan and that can hurt.
I didn’t quite understand what God was saying either but I think he saying that he made a promise to always love us and be here for us but sometime we do things to upset him and he gets bothered but at the end of the day he will always be here for us just like he promised
^ I don’t get this… Does God still punish us with sorrow and iniquities?? So when bad things happen he is punishing us?
I don’t quite understand this either but I know if we open our hearts to God he will show us what he means
I think it’s kinda like a dad. When I was a kid if I disobeyed … My dad still loved me. A lot. And he still forgave me if I repented. But sometimes I still got spanked. Or grounded. Or lost privileges. You know?
I agree with Antimony’s comment of God’s discipline for sin in our lives being compared to how a father parents a child, but I would also like to add something. Not everything bad that happens to us is God directly punishing us for something we have done wrong. Because we live in a fallen, sinful world, we experience the consequences of man as a whole. Things like illnesses, death, and pain are all consequences of sin, and until we are called to Heaven we are surrounded by the hurts of this world.
We must also remember that this was under the law. But under grace, Christ came to take the punishment for our sins. And while we will sometimes face the consequences of the actions we have set in motion or go through things for a greater glory (like Paul), God is not punishing us.
89:31-33 “If they violate my statutes
and do not keep my commandments, then I will punish their transgression with the rod and their iniquity with stripes, but I will not remove from him my steadfast love
or be false to my faithfulness”. Wow. This kinda hits me right where I am. He says He will not tolerate sin. He will punish sin. And He will cause sorrow. But it will not change His love … or cancel His promise of faithfulness.
Psalms 89 1 I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever;
with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations.
Psalms 89:52 Blessed be the Lord forever!
Amen and Amen. What more can possibly be said.