Psalms 25:16
Turn to me and be gracious to me,
For I am lonely and afflicted.
The Bible is about making much of God, but here David seems to be making much of himself. What gives?
The beauty of the Scriptures is that there is no incompatibility between calling out to God when I am in affliction—as David does here—and God getting glory. When I call out to God in my affliction, I am acknowledging my dependence on God. When God meets me in my loneliness and sustains me, I get comfort and He gets glory.
In my dependence I get what I need; in his sustaining Providence, God gets what he deserves.
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