Revealing Abba in the Psalms | How Jesus saw God as Abba

Revealing Abba in Psalm 55

O Abba You hear My prayer and hide not Your face from Me in My affliction;

You attend unto Me and hear Me when I cry: I groan loudly in My trouble;

Because death has crept up on Me trying to tell Me I lack Your life; I am persecuted and pressed in by those who reject Your ways; they accuse Me of using evil to do good; tempting Me to save Myself; and in anger they hate Me;

My heart bears the pain of those who have all their lives been subjected to the terrors of death; they have fallen upon Me;

This fear of death has tried to come upon Me and cover Me; to overwhelm Me; saying,

Who will give Me wings like a dove; so that I might take flight and be at rest? Only in You Abba, does My heart find rest, hiding Me safely from troubles; escaping the affliction of the enemies that have encamped around me;

Let Us destroy, O Abba; the corrupt wisdom that has caused violence and strife to dwell in the hearts of Your beloved;
Day and night it torments them; trouble and sorrows fill their hearts;

Labor and toil are in the midst of them; It never departs from them; constantly speaking lies to their hearts;

For the ones who accuse and reject Me are not My enemies; if it was only the one who did magnify himself against Me; I would have just concealed Myself from him;

But it was man; My coequals, My friends, and My love ones;

We had sweet fellowship and intimate conversation as we walked in Your house together Abba;

Certainly, death has seized upon them, reigning over them; hardships and labor consume their conscience; and trouble follows them;

As for Me; I call upon You Abba and You rescue My life from death and corruption;

Morning, noon and night, I fellowship with You Abba and You always hear My voice when I cry out to You;

Delivering My soul from the corruption in this world; ministering peace to Me from all that comes against Me;

You hear Me Abba, and bring to nothing all that tried to defile Your image and likeness; You have reigned supreme from the beginning;

Those trusting in themselves for life refuse to change their minds; being blinded to Your goodness toward them; therefore, they do not trust You as Abba;

Rather they plot to kill Me and those resting in You for life; betraying My friendship and seeing Me as their enemy;

Their words are smooth and flattering but their hearts are deceived and set against Your way unto life Abba;

I trust My life to You Abba; Testifying that You will sustain Me; My life is contained in You; You will never allow Me to see corruption but will rather, save Me from death, raising Me up to sit at Your right hand forevermore;

And You O Abba will conquer death and all that seeks to destroy Your beloved; death and corruption will be swallowed up in immortality; though some will reject Your life and perish; I have trusted in You; speaking an eternal word, so that all flesh can go to rest in the certainty they will inherit the same glory and immortality revealed in Me.

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