"Simulcast"

As we come to Psalms Thirty Six, there are a couple of things that need to be noted about this particular Psalm, the first of which is that this is the second Psalm which is broken up into two sections, the first being Psalms 19; the second thing to note, is that this is the first Psalm in which David refers to himself as God's servant within the introduction, as he writes, "To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD". In my Bible there are two separate titles over each section; with the first section being the first 4 verses, and titled The Wickedness of Man, while the second section is verses 5 through 12, which is titled The Goodness of God. If you have been a Christian for any amount of time, then you should have had a chance to experience defeat when it comes to having any real power over the sin that you like; it's not to hard to turn away from the sins that you hate or don't care much for, but the sin that you like is the sin that seems to keep popping up in front of you; almost as if it was meant to be, something like that, or so we think to ourselves. In many of the parables Jesus gave concerning those that call themselves His servants, the main reason that they get called "Wicked Servant" is because they do not consider the desire of their master before making a choice to do a certain task; and those that are called "Wicked Servant" and have tried to consider what their master might want, do not really understand their master, nor what it means to be his servant. The contrast between what we want and what God wants for us are like night and day; such also is the life of a servant, because a true servant, although he might want something else, does not satisfy his own desires or that which he might want to do, but only does those things he is told to do by his master. Oddly enough, the loyal and faithful servants usually get more freedoms to do the things that they want, as long as those things are pleasing to their master; this is because the master rewards them for their service by giving them more responsibilities which allow for more liberties in the process. A good example of what I am talking about would be a servant that would like to be a master, is given other servants which he is over, or is given property of his master that he is placed in charge over; this the master does because he knows his servant cares for his desires and not for his own. In this same light, our relationship with God, as a servant of God, is based upon this principle of a servant verses a master; whereas, the servant owns nothing and is subject to the master, yet gets to enjoy the use of the master's property; while the master, although controlling and overpowering, is more than generous to those that are his faithful servants; this actually works out the same way with righteousness and the umbrella of God's grace and mercy: we are so very wicked at heart, but God is so rich with grace and mercy... "For we ourselves also were sometime foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life." (Titus 3:3-7)