DAVID: ENDING WELL BY LIVING PURPOSEFULLY (41 OF 49)
by John Barnett
David: Ending Well by Living Purposefully (41 of 49)
John Barnett
Psalm 71
Jesus gave all of us something to look forward to. He told us what He would like to say to each of us when we arrive safely home to dwell with Him forever--"Well done good and faithful servant"!
Christ's well done is what any of us would call, ending well.
As you open to the 71st Psalm, you are opening to the words of someone who ended well. God's prompts them to pause and look back over their life. They are old, have already lived through so much pain--and now are facing the weaknesses of old age, its challenges, blessings and curses.
But the key to finishing life, or ending well is the long term cultivation of godly habits.
Life is a constant stream of choices. Each choice we make has a consequence. The consequences of godly habits are good, the consequences of ungodly habits are bad. Life is really that simple and David in our Psalm this morning knows that.
Reading Psalm 71 is probably listening to the voice of God pointing out David's resolves for life.
But if it isn't David the only other authors that may be the ones God used are Samuel and Jeremiah. If it was Samuel then again it was most likely David who captured these thoughts from his wonderful mentor and friend and put them down on parchment to sing of God's Great Faithfulness. If it was Jeremiah then there is also a hint of the troubles Jeremiah confesses in Lamentations combined with the hope Lamentations 3:23 which declares Great is Thy Faithfulness.
David is the strongest case for authorship and almost universally agreed upon from ancient times. The Bible of Christ's day called the Septuagint says so, as do most Jewish sources. In the Hebrew Bible Psalm 71 is joined to Psalm 70 also written by David. Also the first three verses of Psalm 71 are taken directly from Psalm 31 which David wrote while fleeing from Absalom.
Most amazing though is the fact that Psalm 71 quotes over 50 times from 26 othe ...
John Barnett
Psalm 71
Jesus gave all of us something to look forward to. He told us what He would like to say to each of us when we arrive safely home to dwell with Him forever--"Well done good and faithful servant"!
Christ's well done is what any of us would call, ending well.
As you open to the 71st Psalm, you are opening to the words of someone who ended well. God's prompts them to pause and look back over their life. They are old, have already lived through so much pain--and now are facing the weaknesses of old age, its challenges, blessings and curses.
But the key to finishing life, or ending well is the long term cultivation of godly habits.
Life is a constant stream of choices. Each choice we make has a consequence. The consequences of godly habits are good, the consequences of ungodly habits are bad. Life is really that simple and David in our Psalm this morning knows that.
Reading Psalm 71 is probably listening to the voice of God pointing out David's resolves for life.
But if it isn't David the only other authors that may be the ones God used are Samuel and Jeremiah. If it was Samuel then again it was most likely David who captured these thoughts from his wonderful mentor and friend and put them down on parchment to sing of God's Great Faithfulness. If it was Jeremiah then there is also a hint of the troubles Jeremiah confesses in Lamentations combined with the hope Lamentations 3:23 which declares Great is Thy Faithfulness.
David is the strongest case for authorship and almost universally agreed upon from ancient times. The Bible of Christ's day called the Septuagint says so, as do most Jewish sources. In the Hebrew Bible Psalm 71 is joined to Psalm 70 also written by David. Also the first three verses of Psalm 71 are taken directly from Psalm 31 which David wrote while fleeing from Absalom.
Most amazing though is the fact that Psalm 71 quotes over 50 times from 26 othe ...
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