Text:
Psalm 34:10 (KJV)
10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
Observation:
To understand the motive for David’s writing of this Psalm, we need to know the background. The heading of the Psalm said this:
“A Psalm of David, when he changed his behavior before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.”
David fled to Gath, the home of Goliath the giant, who he had recently defeated. He sought help from the King of Gash, whose title was Abimelech, and his name was Achish.
David learned through this experience that God was his source of help, and not man. There is nothing that we need that God is not willing to supply.
When David sought the Lord, he found the help he desperately needed, he gave praise to the Lord, and invited others to do the same.
First, he gave praise to the Lord.
Psalm 34:1-2 (KJV)
1 I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Second, he invited others who needed help to exalt the Lord with him.
Psalm 34:3-7 (KJV)
3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
4 I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.
5 They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
6 This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
7 The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
Thirdly, he invited others to experience what he had experienced; to taste for themselves the goodness of the Lord.
Psalm 34:8-10 (KJV)
8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
9 O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
Prayer:
Psalm 23:1-6 (ESV)
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
3 He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
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Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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