Sinclair Ferguson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He says his days pass like smoke.
He's off his food.
He's lonely.
He's not sleeping well.
And he basically feels nobody understands him.
He's withering away like grass, and worst of all, he feels that God has forgotten him.
And yet the man is obviously a believer, so what's wrong?
Well, part of the answer is this.
In the space of these 11 verses, he's used the word I six times, the word me seven times, and the word my 11 times.
And that's the problem.
As Martin Luther used to say, in some ways it's our biggest problem.
We are, as he put it, incurvatus in se, turned in upon ourselves.
We're remembering ourselves, but we're not remembering the Lord.
And what's the answer?
Well, after 11 verses of sinking down, the psalmist comes to it.
Yes, it's going to take time for him to recover fully.
But here is how the transformation begins.
It's actually just two words in Hebrew.
But you, Lord.
But you, Lord, are.