Psalm 35:14
14 I behaved [halak] myself as
though he had been my friend [rea`] or brother ['ach]: I bowed down [shachach]
heavily [qadar], as one that mourneth ['abel] for his mother ['em]. KJV-Interlinear
14
I went about as though I grieved for my friend or my brother; as one who
laments his mother, I bowed down in mourning. ESV
The speaker, who we
already know as Jesus Christ, speaking through the written words of David, is
under the heavy weight of grief and sorrow.
He treats those who are contemptuous
against Him, as He would a close brother or family member or close relative,
with courtesy, kindness and affection.
But His feelings run
extremely deep, as one would behave when a mother is lost.
All around, people
rejected Jesus.
All around, people
ignored Jesus.
All around, people mocked
and ridiculed Jesus.
That was true back then
and it is true even today, even though people would argue against that notion.
But today, the world is
indifferent.
Today people do not abide
by the mandates of the Bible.
Today, people are more in-tuned
with their own pleasures or their own self-wisdom or their own self-defined
relationship with God, while ignoring the one and only way of achieving a true relationship
with God.
Back then, people mocked
openly and spit on Him. Today people
ignore His mandates, and ignore or redefine their responsibilities before God.
In this world we all have
responsibilities to God, to self, to spouses, to family, to work or business,
to society in general. But, these
responsibilities are ignored and deemed as unimportant. So is it a shock when life falls all around
you? Is there no recognition of
repercussions that will occur? Does
pretended ignorance or excuse justify ones behavior or attitude or beliefs?
And yet, Christ did all
for us and more, and how is He repaid?
