Covenant Reformed News – May 2012 • Volume XIV, Issue 1
This article provides an expositional meditation on Psalm 143, focusing on David's prayer "Teach me to do thy will" in the context of persecution, emotional affliction, and spiritual guilt. The author demonstrates the practical character of David's petition as a cry for renewed spiritual empowerment and obedience despite distressing circumstances, illustrating how believers are called to persevere in God's will during trials.
God’s Good Spirit (2) In the midst of his persecutions, David penned Psalm 143, a very personal, penitential psalm. In verse 10, he prays, “Teach me to do thy will.” In this context, this means, first, “teach me to do thy will” in a very difficult situation. David is being persecuted by his enemies (9), probably Saul and his men or Absalom with his forces. He is but a footstep from death, “For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground” (3). It is hard to do...