Psalm 25:16
16 Turn [panah] thee unto me, and
have mercy [chanan] upon me; for I am desolate [yachiyd] and afflicted. [`aniy] KJV-Interlinear
16 Turn
to me and be gracious to me, For I am lonely and afflicted. NASB
Turn to me, is a request
that God turns His attention exclusively to me.
Often times when problems
become too great, then turning to God is a natural reaction and of course you
want God to focus His attention exclusively on you, at least for that moment,
so that He can see your trouble and then do something about it.
This is of course from
your point of view, and it is a natural and normal desire to have Gods
attention on yourself.
Mercy is grace in action.
Grace is Gods policy of divine favor for the believer. Mercy is the action of providing some
activity which fulfills that favor. It
is one thing to have Gods favor, but it is quite another and better thing to
have something actually done for you.
Desolate means only,
solitary, alone, and here it indicates the human condition which is really the
status of each individual in this world.
Despite how many people are around you, despite how many friends you
have or how many people you interact with, your soul is the real you and your soul
is separate and apart from everyone else.
It is within your own
soul that you have to live your life. You
were born into this world by yourself, from your souls perspective, even though
you have no personal memories of your own, of that event. And one day you will die and leave this world
and that will be your last personal and private and alone event in which no one
can accompany you.
Throughout life you have
many individual events in which you have to make decisions. Certainly you can get advice and seek the counsel
of others, but in the end you have to make your own decisions, and then live
with them. And regardless of whether you
have someone to complain to or blame, that is irrelevant because regardless of
who or what your circumstances might be, you still have to face life from the
perspective of your own individual soul, and that makes you alone in this
world.
God is of course your
best partner option for eliminating the aloneness of your life.
Afflicted is the sum total
of whatever problems or burdens you have in life. From birth to death you will face numerous obstacles
at every stage in your life. And you can face them alone by simply leaving God
out of the equation, or you can face your challenges and such, with Gods help.
Ignore or be indifferent
toward God and your true state in life is one of aloneness. There is no one and nothing in this world that
can enter into your soul and eliminate your aloneness status.
A daily study and the
resultant doctrine within your soul brings Gods presence into your soul and
thus makes you not alone in this life.
