If you appreciate this work, consider supporting it - https://www.patreon.com/seekgodtogetherToday we will read Psalm 38:1-3 which say “O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage! Your arrows have struck deep, and your blows are crushing me. Because of your anger, my whole body is sick; my health is broken because of my sins.”Many scriptures are soaring, lofty, encouraging, and beautiful. These are not. They’re gritty and painful. But they are however illuminating. They provide insight as to how David related to God - how David saw God. How often do you, when you think of God, see Him as static, standing at a distance with a blank expression on His face? So far above our experiences that He’s unmoved? Not David. David sees God as keenly aware, engaged, and emotional - even in a fit of rage. In David’s mind, God Himself is punishing him. He calls them God’s arrows and blows. David is sick because of it. He sees his illness as God’s doing. And David believes he deserves it. They may be God’s arrows, but the brokenness is the result of sin.But is God punishing David? Is God more aloof than David assumes? Well, who are you and who am I to answer such a question? We can get some insight (as always) by looking at Jesus. Did Jesus get angry? Yes. Did He punish? Well, He was quick to forgive and seemed more interested in absorbing the punishment Himself - though not indifferent to sin. Was He aloof? Not even a little. So did David get it right or wrong? Well he’s a man after God’s own heart so it’d be quite a reach to say he ever got God wrong. What’s most important is that David approached God at all - most don’t. And his approach was visceral and honest. And he wasn’t fatalistic. He appealed to God to fix the problem, to heal the wound. David appealed to God to change His mind. Imagine that. It seems more important than getting it right, is approaching God with your honest feelings. That’s what moves the heart of God.