Psalm 16:8-10 I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure, because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see decay.
A section of this Psalm (8-10) has always been
somewhat of a question about its interpretation. Verse 10 states, “you will not
abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will you let your faithful one see
decay.” For many years people believed
that David was referring to himself only. However, the Apostles Peter and Dr.
Luke cleared that question up when they saw prophecies of the resurrection of
Christ Jesus in this writing (Acts 2:25-31; Acts 13:33-37).
Although bringing forth a prophecy of the
coming promised Messiah, David spoke of himself in one regard. God was the
primary focus of David and all that he was and all that he stood for. Because
of this, he knew that no human could “shake” him from the stability in life
that he enjoyed because of his relationship with God. Symbolically placing
someone at your “right hand” was the most tremendous honor that one could
bestow on someone in the ancient eastern culture. Because David had committed
his defense to God and figuratively placed Him at his right hand, he knew that
he would never be “shaken.”
“I keep my eyes always on the LORD”: David
made the decision early in his life to put God first, if we today would do that
same thing, put God first in our lives, we could go through our trials and
tribulations with the same firm confidence as King David. In the supreme sense,
Jesus was the only one that ever did this perfectly. The focus of Jesus, while
He was on the earth, was to do the will of His Father. Our Lord and Savior,
during His earthly ministry, also put His complete trust in His Father in
Heaven. If we would only keep our total focus on Christ, commit our lives to do
His will and not our own, put our complete trust in Him in all that we do, no
power under heaven would be able to shake us from the sweet walk we have with
our Savior. There is nothing that any force on this earth can do to harm the
children of God because we have indwelled in us the most tremendous power in
the universe, the power of the Holy Spirit of God.
As the old Hymn written by Helen H Lemmel in
1922 says: “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in His wonderful face, and the
things of earth will grow strangely dim. In the light of His glory and grace.”
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