Psa 39:1-3, I WILL GUARD MY WAYS, Lest I sin with MY TONGUE; I WILL RESTRAIN MY MOUTH WITH A MUZZLE, While the wicked are before me.” I WAS MUTE WITH SILENCE, I HELD MY PEACE EVEN FROM GOOD; And my sorrow was STIRRED UP. MY HEART WAS HOT WITHIN ME; While I was musing, THE FIRE BURNED. THEN I SPOKE WITH MY TONGUE:
David guarded his mouth and restrained himself from sinning with his tongue! He knew it would only cause trouble if he spoke out! It burned within him and finally it came out!
Psa 39:4-5, “LORD, make me to know my end, And what is the measure of my days, That I may know how frail I am. Indeed, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my age is as nothing before You; Certainly every man at his best state is but vapor. Selah
Rather than lashing out against his enemies or the people around him he broke out in prayer! A WHILE BACK, I WAS UPSET AND I DECIDED NOT TO RESPOND TO THIS LADY, BUT SHE KEPT ON PUSHING MY BUTTONS! IT WAS LIKE A VOLCANO BLOWING UP WITHIN ME; I LASHED OUT IN ANGER, BUT IT ONLY CAUSE MORE TROUBLE AND DIVISION!
Psa 90:12, SO TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS, THAT WE MAY GAIN A HEART OF WISDOM.
What good comes out when you lash out to those that provoke you? Life is but a vapor where here one day and gone the next! Rather than causing more division, David vented to the LORD! THIS IS TRUE WISDOM!
Psa 55:22, CAST YOUR BURDEN ON THE LORD, AND HE SHALL SUSTAIN YOU; HE SHALL NEVER PERMIT THE RIGHTEOUS TO BE MOVED.
Psa 39:6-7, SURELY EVERY MAN WALKS ABOUT LIKE A SHADOW; SURELY THEY BUSY THEMSELVES IN VAIN; HE HEAPS UP RICHES, AND DOES NOT KNOW WHO WILL GATHER THEM. “AND NOW, LORD, WHAT DO I WAIT FOR? MY HOPE IS IN YOU.
People spend their lives gathering more and more stuff for themselves, but when you time is up you go to the grave with nothing! DAVID’S HOPE WAS NOT FOR MORE RICHES, BUT TO BE IN THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD! GUARD YOUR MOUTH AND GUARD YOUR EYES FOR THIS WORLD ONLY OFFERS TROUBLE! SEEK TRUE RICHES IN THE LORD!