The Couch of Tears - Psalm 6

Here's the link to this weeks Psalm ... Psalm 6

This Psalm has my favorite line out of all that we have read so far. Depending on your translation, verse 6 says that David, this mighty man, constantly fills his bed with tears. When i read it, i thought about this picture above - Is David a couch potato? Or, is there something important going on here?

Verses 1-3: Here's a pretty cool fact about godly men - they are extremely critical about the way they live their lives. David opens begging for God's mercy ... is it because he thinks that we have an extremely angry God? Absolutely not. He's one of the many characters we see in the Bible that understand that no one truly deserves the grace of God. David asks, not because our God is reluctant to love and show kindness, but because we as sinners can never earn the grace that God so readily gives us. Here's why - David continues on to explain how he is troubled ... he is upset that he cannot live a worthy life. He wants to love God, but his worldly desires tell him otherwise. Even so, in this struggle, he chooses to chase after God, no matter the trouble and frustration it brings him. The question is ... are you a David? When you sin in life, does it trouble you to know that this is what put Jesus on the cross? We could talk for hours about taking advantage of grace ... but David makes it very simple ... true men and women of God do just the opposite.

Verses 4-10: The couch of tears .... quite a beautiful picture if you ask me. David was not a couch potato, but a man that lived to pursue righteousness and a relationship with his creator. He cries out ... "enemies, turn from me" ... because his God has heard his prayers, his God will answer, his God will never neglect him - just a little secret ... that's our God too. No matter the enemies you face or the temptations you may have to deal with, God is a God that freely gives grace. We struggle, and that's simply a part of the Christian life, but we are to rejoice that our God is one of forgiveness ... or we would all be in a world of trouble.

I know it's a short one this week, but I encourage you to take this to heart. Take some time to think about what God has done for you ... what grace truly means. Try to adopt an attitude as seen in David. This prime example of a strong Christian man calls himself weak ... just think about why that is.

God Bless!!!

OH ... Go to the WEEKEND!!!!

-Chris