Psalm 43:1 English Standard Version

Send Out Your Light and Your Truth

1 Vindicate me, O God, and defend my cause against an ungodly people, from the deceitful and unjust man deliver me!

When we feel that we need light is it because we have placed ourselves in a dark place? What can be seen in this first verse is seeking vindication for where we are and how we got there. If we are following God’s will, God is with us. If we wandered off on our own and took up a cause that was only right by our own determination, then God has not lit our path.

2 For you are the God in whom I take refuge; why have you rejected me? Why do I go about mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

If we have truly taken refuge in God, why are we feeling the oppression of the enemy?

When we focus on the enemy we are not focused onGod’s will for our lives. Doubt creeps in and fear follows. We begin to doubt if we are walking in God’s will. How did we get to this point?

3 Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill

and to your dwelling!

His Holy Hill is a symbol of positional attitude. If we do not get together with God while walking in His will, we will not know at what point we have gone astray. It is like checking a compass often to make sure we haven’t drifted off course. God does not have a problem with us asking often and loudly, “Is this the way?”

4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God. 5 Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God; for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.

Perhaps our problem is one in which we withhold praise until we feel that God has saved us from our doubt and fear.

Psalm 40:3 English Standard Version (ESV) He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.

Sometimes it isn’t about me.