Psalm 119:139

Psalm 119:139 “My zeal wears me out, for my enemies ignore Your words.”
 

David was not only consumed with his zeal for God, his zeal was consuming him. He was becoming weary with the lack of attention the ungodly were giving his God. Phinehas was also a man filled with a zeal for God. When Moab seduced Israel with the Midianite women, Israel fell into sin. The men of Israel even began to worship Baal.
 

At one time, the sin became so blatant than an Israelite man brought a Midianite woman into Israel’s camp. “When Phinehas son of Eleasar, the son of Aaron, the priest, saw this, he left the assembly and took a spear in his hand and followed the Israelite into the tent. He drove the spear through both of them… Then the plague against Israel was stopped” Numbers 25:7-8. In VS 11 God says, “Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, the priest, has turned My ager away from the Israelites; for he was as zealous as I am for my honor among them.”
 

Phinehas was able to turn away God’s anger because of his zeal for God. He was a zealous over the honor of God as God was. David has a similar heart. He, too, was zealous over the honor of his God. Do you have a zeal for the honor of God? Are you compelled to see His name glorified? Are you driven to cause others to see the majesty of God? Are you anywhere near being burned out for God?
 

John “Praying” Hyde was once examined physically, only to find that his heart had shifted to the right side of his body. His doctor told him that he was too burdened for the work he was doing and suggested he stop. However, Praying Hyde was consumed with a zeal for the glory of God to shine in India. He never stopped, even though it was literally taking his life from him.
 

Now let me encourage you to take some time to meditate on this verse; examine your zeal for God. Do you have any?  Continued