Ps. 5: God Does It

Psalm 5:7 "But I, by your great mercy, will come into your house; in reverence will I bow down toward your holy temple."

Any power man appears to have is little more than an illusion. Either way, good or bad. David acknowledges this here in the fifth Psalm in numerous ways. David cries to no one else for help but to his King, that being God. Not to his prophets or his minions, as Absalom did. 

The scriptures say "In the morning" David lays his requests before God. This is the first thing he does with his requests. He goes to God first. He doesn't appear to try things first. He comes and asks God before he does anything else. Can you imagine starting the day like this? Before your feet hit the floor out of bed, you've already made your requests known, you've already interacted with God?

All these other people, the liars, the wicked, the arrogant...those who take pleasure in evil, their power is not David's power. Not even close. They are destroyed by God's presence. They cannot stand. This is where the power is. David says that he can stand. That he can approach God's throne. But this is not by David's power. It is God who allows it. God favors David's reverence, and therefore allows him to live. If David went in all cocky and brash, he'd be destroyed too. He also doesn't credit his own righteousness as being the reason God keeps him. He says, "God, it's by your great mercy." He doesn't consider himself better, just under God's grace.

I love verse 11. One can only experience true joy when one's refuge is in God. Joy enough to sing. What's made you so happy you could sing? My wedding day. When I found out I was going to be a dad. When Magglio hit that home run off Huston Street in the bottom of the ninth of the ALCS to send the Tigers to the 2006 World Series. I sung out loud after those types of things. The point is, if God's shield of protection is over someone, what does he have to fear? Where fear vacates, joy saturates. Then you sing!