Posterity shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord to the coming generation; they shall come and proclaim his righteousness to a people yet unborn, that he has done it. Psalm 22:30-31 – Immediately beginning reading this psalm we see two things. First, we see David is in some intense trouble, pushing him to the brink of death. Second, we see verses and phrases that are familiar to us when it comes to the crucifixion story of Jesus. Things like, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me,” and the idea of piercing his hands and feet and the dividing up of his garments. While certainly this was a psalm of David during a trial for him, Jesus later took this psalm and claimed it to be about Him. Our verses above though are the last two verses in this psalm filled with agony and feelings of abandonment. It says that the rescue the Lord finally brought was so good that it will be told to all generations to come. Even to those not alive yet, and even to those not alive yet in Christ, the salvation the Lord brought will be proclaimed from the hill tops. The psalmist’s heart with this psalm, and my heart with this devotion, it to help the reader realize that no matter how deep the agony and feeling of abandonment from the Lord may be, His salvation is coming. For David was in the lowest of places, and Jesus was nailed to a cross; both being places it would appear no help could ever save from. Yet the Lord came and the Lord saved. So will He in your deep places of hurt. Seek the Lord in those deep valleys of despair and wait upon the Lord. The rescue may not come in when you desire it, but the Lord always provides rescue for His people, even if that rescue is walking us into Heaven. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2977
Question To Ponder: Does it help you in your seasons of pain knowing Jesus too felt the same agony and abandonment?
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