Psa 60:1-2, …YOU HAVE CAST US OFF; YOU HAVE BROKEN US DOWN; YOU HAVE BEEN DISPLEASED; OH, RESTORE US AGAIN! You have made the earth tremble; You have broken it; Heal its breaches, for it is shaking.
David knew something was wrong between them and GOD when he experienced defeat before his enemies! BUT WORSE THAN DEFEAT IS KNOWING THAT GOD HAS LEFT THEM ALONE! IT’S OUR SINS THAT BLOCK THE BLESSINGS OF THE LORD.
Isa 59:1-2, Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. BUT YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE SEPARATED YOU FROM YOUR GOD; AND YOUR SINS HAVE HIDDEN HIS FACE FROM YOU, SO THAT HE WILL NOT HEAR.
Psa 60:3, You have shown Your people hard things; YOU HAVE MADE US DRINK THE WINE OF CONFUSION.
Israel’s defeat was a hard lesson for them to take in! WHY, WHAT HAPPEN, WHAT DID WE DO WRONG; They were confused. Like Joshua was when he was defeated in battle of AI!
Jos 7:10-11, So the LORD said to Joshua: “Get up! Why do you lie thus on your face? Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. ….
It wasn’t that GOD failed Israel or wasn’t strong enough to protect them, but sin got in the way of HIS blessings! The LORD tells Joshua, GET UP! HE DOESN’T NEED TO BEG THAT GOD WOULD CHANGE HIS HEART TOWARDS ISRAEL, BUT THAT ISRAEL WILL CHANGE THEIR HEART TOWARDS GOD!
Psa 60:9-10, Who will bring me to the strong city? Who will lead me to Edom? IS IT NOT YOU, O GOD, WHO CAST US OFF? AND YOU, O GOD, WHO DID NOT GO OUT WITH OUR ARMIES?
The LORD will correct those whom HE loves!
Heb 12:6, FOR WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE CHASTENS, AND SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES.”
Psa 60:11-12, Give us help from trouble, FOR THE HELP OF MAN IS USELESS. THROUGH GOD WE WILL DO VALIANTLY, FOR IT IS HE WHO SHALL TREAD DOWN OUR ENEMIES.
THE LORD WILL FIGHT FOR US, BUT WE NEED TO FULLY FOLLOW HIM IN ALL ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES! TRUST IN THE LORD!