Psalm 9
Scripture
Vs 1 I will recount all (the Lord’s) wonderful deeds.
Vs 6 The very memory of (the enemy) has perished.
Vs 12 (The Lord) does not forget the cry of the afflicted.
Vs 14 I may recount all your praises,
Vs 17 The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
VS 18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
Observation
From beginning to end of this psalm there is “recounting” and “memory” and “forgetting” and “forgotten”.
Many things filling the mind or utterly gone from the mind.
And the “Who, What, and When” seem to matter.
These are past, present, or future actions done by God or the psalmist.
Application
What fills my mind?
What do I allow to constantly play over and over again through my head?
What do I remember? … What do I forget?
What tends to dominate my thinking? … The good? … or the bad?
For the psalmist here, he “recounts the Lord’s wonderful deeds”!
He is filling his mind with not just “positive thoughts”.
He is recalling specifically what the Lord has done …
And they are “wonderful”! … (Full of wonder!)
What happens when the mind is full of the wonderful deeds of the Lord?
“The very memory of the enemy has perished.”
I am a “positive guy”.
But are my “positive thoughts” merely a function of thinking negative circumstances will turn around?
To be truly “wonderful” is to be more than pollyannish.
“Negative” circumstances don’t necessarily become “positive” circumstances.
I can’t count on this. That’s foolishness.
But I can count on The Lord to be good.
And then I can “recount” all the good the Lord has done and is doing.
This is a must …
Because those who “forget God” are “wicked”!
What’s better than my remembering of God?
God’s remembering of me!
Even when I am “needy” and “afflicted” and feel “forgotten”,
I can know this will not always be!
“The Lord does not forget the cry of the afflicted.”
“For the needy shall not always be forgotten.”
And when I remember that I am remembered …
I can go on “recounting all the wonderful deeds of The Lord!”
Prayer
Thank you, again, God, for your word
But thank you especially for your remembering
Even when I forget about you!
Holy Spirit, help me recount the wonders
In Jesus name
Amen