# 2 2020 Dev. Psalm 79:9. Help us! Read all of Ps.79. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw Gremar and I closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Ps. 79:9 “Help us, God our Savior, for the glory of your name;
deliver us and forgive our sin for your name’s sake.
The next series of Ps.79-83, are located in the center of book III of the Psalter. The series is a lament framed by two communal prayers; Ps.79 and Ps.83. The themes of this series are restoration and forgiveness, anticipating God’s mercy and God’s promise of peace and wellbeing and God is the judge of the nations.
Ps 79: is a communal prayer, from the nation of Israel, for forgiveness and and for retribution on those invading the nation. The introduction, vs.1-4 gives a vivid description of the violence on Jerusalem. Vs. 5-10 is the beginning of a confession; “Do not hold against us the sins of past generation, deliver us and forgive our sins”. There is no mention of the type of sin but the history of Israel’s shortcoming has been idolatry; worshiping foreign gods, the gods of the people around them.
Vs.10-13 asks God to bring retribution on the neighboring nations and a promise to again “Praise you for ever: from generation to generation we will proclaim your praise”
If we read this Psalm through the lens of our current situation today we may legitimately ask why God continues to bless this land. Today, this country is more lawless, we are awash with guns, shootings everyday, the disregard for law enforcement offersers, people are obsessed with drugs, lining up for blocks to get a hold of it. Not to mention the decline of the church and Christianity in general.
My goal is to be positive but we must get out of our bubble of comfortable Christianity and get real with the culture we live in. I believe the followers of Jesus are placed here to influence our secular society. It seems like an imposable job but in the power of the Holly Spirit we can life a radical life of faith; resisting the political correctness of the world, standing against abortion, supporting God’s standards for the family, apposing the drug culture, supporting law and order and holding our politicians accountable just to mention a few. Revival begins at home with us, moves into the organized church and moves out into secular society. Lets get real with our faith, God is with us! Praise the Lord!
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