Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed
me, O LORD God of truth (Ps. 31:5)
David again declares his faith to God, and affirms that he
had such high thoughts of his providence, as to cast all his cares upon it.
Whoever commits himself into God’s hand and to his guardianship, not only
constitutes him the arbiter of life and death to him, but also calmly depends
on him for protection amidst all his dangers. The verb is in the future tense,
“I will commit,” and it unquestionably denotes a continued act, and is
therefore fitly translated into the present tense.
It is also to be observed, that no man can possibly commit
his life to God with sincerity, but he who considers himself exposed to a
thousand deaths, and that his life hangs by a thread, or differs almost nothing
from a breath which passes suddenly away. David being thus at the point of
despair, leaves nothing to himself to do but this—to go on his way, trusting in
God as the keeper and governor of his life.
It is marvelous that, although many things distress us
all, scarcely one in a hundred is so wise as to commit his life into God’s
hand. Multitudes live from day to day as merry and careless as if they were in
a quiet nest, free from all disturbance; but as soon as they encounter any
thing to terrify them, they are ready to die for anguish. It thus happens that
they never betake themselves to God, either because they deceive themselves
with vain delusions, flattering themselves that all will yet be well, or
because they are so stricken with dread and stupefied with amazement, that they
have no desire for his fatherly care. (Commentaries)
No comments:
Post a Comment