Psalm 70

 

David, again is feeling persecuted by his enemies and he wishes God to intervene. He says “make haste, O God.” Then he says, “let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee.” And then finally, in the final verse he admits, “But I am poor and needy.”

           

David truly wanted God to intervene in his life and he prayed for it. David truly believed that God would intervene in his life. However, sometimes it is not God’s purpose to intervene when we think he should. Sometimes we would fail to learn a valuable lesson if God suddenly worked and everything was solved. We live in the here and now, yet God is omnipresent: all the time present, past, present, and future. We need to trust that his purpose for us is what is best for He sees all as it is already accomplished.

 

At the end of the chapter is where David states that he is “poor and needy.” He realizes his own faults and knows that he needs to be taught life lessons. One of the statements that many of the New England Patriots players – even the good ones, especially the good ones – are always saying is that the coach, Bill Belicheck gives them “humble pie.” I think that one of the reasons that the Patriots have been so successful as a football team is because they know that there is always areas in need of improvement. No matter what they accomplish they are seeking, as an organization, to improve in some area. They never rest.

 

We need to be examples of the same lesson. Continually improving, and knowing that when we think we have arrived as teachers we will then begin to faulter. Teaching is all about learning and true learning is all about selflessness. If we cannot master that skill of being selfless, then we certainly cannot teach our students the most important skill in learning.