Psalm 28:6
6 Blessed [barak] be the LORD [Yahovah], because he hath heard [shama`] the voice [qowl] of my
supplications [tachanuwn]. KJV-Interlinear
6
Blessed be the Lord, Because He has heard the voice of my supplication. NASB
As we have already seen
in this psalm, when you know the works and design and dealings of God and how
He operates, then the result is confidence and assurance in how He will deal
with you and with life in general.
But more particularly,
that no matter what happens in life, there is always a reason which may be
obvious but more often may not be obvious, as God places many and various
obstacles before us in order to see how we will deal with them.
This tests the very metal
of our inner spiritual strength.
If you are spiritually
sound, then you will take life's stumbles, no matter what they are, in stride
and keep moving forward.
If you are spiritually weak,
then you will have many roller-coaster emotional rides through life.
Looking to oneself, sets
you up for disappointment after disappointment, because life does not ever go
as planned.
Someone once said, that
if you want to make God smile, then tell Him ‘your’ plans.
This is the devils world
and life will never be prefect in this world.
If you expect that life owes you something or anything, then you are
sadly mistaken, because life will squeeze you and squeeze you until you are in
tears or worse. The world is happy when
you are unhappy and defeated.
As the previous verse
stated, when you do not know Gods works, when you do not know Gods design, when
you do not know how God operates, then you are in a sad state. And when you remain indifferent or defiant
toward Gods methods and expectations and mandates, then you are setting
yourself up for disaster and extreme sorrow.
And, you are doing all of it to yourself.
The things of this world
are unimportant. Your knowledge of God
is very important. For by that knowledge
you gain wisdom and strength and power from within yourself, never dependent on
any external thing or event or situation.
And then we arrive at
this verse.
When we are
knowledgeable, and that means legitimately knowledgeable, then God take notice
of us and folds us into His plan as we should be.
That is Gods work, Gods
plan, and our benefit.
Our supplications, entreaties,
appeals, petitions, etc., are received and heard and dealt with appropriately,
and in a manner that is consistent with what God believes is best for us.
