Homilist Psalm 77:3 I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. I. AN IMPORTANT MENTAL EXERCISE. "I remembered God." II. A SAD SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE. "I remembered God, and was troubled." What a deplorable fact is this: a soul "troubled" at the memory of God. 1. This is unnatural. It can never be that the great Father of our spirits formed us to think on Him in order to be miserable. 2. It is unnecessary. The memory of God with some is blessedness; it is so with the hosts of heaven, it is so with the saints on earth, it might be so with all. Thank God there is no need to be troubled at the idea of Him. 3. It is ungodly. It argues a morally corrupt state of soul. It is a sense of guilt that makes the idea of God so troubling. The idea of God to a depraved soul is hell. Here — (1) Appears the necessity for regeneration. (2) Appears the value of the Gospel. Its grand work is to cleanse the soul from all evil, to redeem it from all iniquity, and to fill it with the love and life of God. (Homilist.) Parallel Verses KJV: I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.WEB: I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah. |
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