# 44. 2017 Dev. Ps 22:1. Suffering! Read all of Psalm 22. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Psalm 22:1
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from my cries of anguish?”
Ps. 22 is one of the Messianic Psalms. Immediately we recognize Jesus’ cry from the cross: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” David, in his suffering, by the power of the Holy Spirit identifies with Jesus’ suffering on the cross. Take note that this Psalm was written about 1050 yrs. before the crucifixion event.
Vs 1.a. is not the only thing that is Messianic in this Psalm, David moves back and forth describing his suffering and praising God. Praising God even as he suffers because it is the path of the righteous. Jesus walked that path and we as his followers walk that path as well.
Vs 1,2 describes suffering, vs. 3-5 praises God for his holiness and his trustworthiness.
Vs, 6-8 describes the rejection of the people that David felt but in the Spirit he also describes Jesus’ rejection at the end of His life. Vs. 9-10 describe God’s care for David and for Jesus and as followers of Jesus for us.
Vs. 12-18 describes the type suffering, rejection and humiliation of Jesus on the cross. The extreme suffering of the righteous, for those who follow Jesus is common place today in many countries. God, up to this point, has spared our country.
Vs. 19-31 declares God’s presence with His people and clearly lays out God’s intentions for Israel and for all other people of the earth. Further, David declares what he could not have known or anticipated but by the power of the Holy Spirit he claims the “ends of the earth and all the families of the nations” for God! Fulfilling God’s intentions for Abraham and predicting the work of Jesus Christ; redeeming all who turn to God over all of history, “people yet unborn: He has done it!” Praise be to God!
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