30 May2020

Klaagliedere van Jeremia – boek

Written by Chris van Wyk. Posted in Klaagliedere

Ek dink, lees en bid baie oor die inperking weens die Covid-19 virus.

Daar is baie positiewe gevolge van die inperking. Al is dit die eerste keer in die geskiedenis dat gesonde mense ingeperk word, en nie siekes nie, het dit natuurlik aanvanklik die gewenste uitwerking. Die spoed waarteen mense geïnfekteer word, is stadiger. Families kan meer fokus op mekaar, en die waarde daarvan sal waarskynlik vir lank met ons wees.

Daar is egter ook baie negatiewe gevolge van die inperking. Gesonde mense word ingeperk. Sosiale verkeer word afgeskaf. Die ekonomie krimp teen ‘n enorme spoed in. Eensaamheid neem toe. Onsekerheid neem toe. Skuld hoop op. Werkloosheid neem toe. Besighede maak toe. Mense gaan nie vir noodsaaklike mediese ondersoeke nie. Ons kinders word noodsaaklike sosiale interaksie ontneem.

Nou, ek wil nie hiermee kritiek lewer nie. Dit is nog te naby aan ‘n mens se lyf. Maar, ek wil hoop preek in ‘n situasie wat ‘n groot invloed gaan hê vir nie net maande nie, maar waarskynlik jare. En daar is seker nie ‘n beter boek om te lees juis in só ‘n tydperk nie. Die Klaagliedere van Jeremia.

Hoor hoe kla hy oor die ballingskap wat aangebreek het in 586 vC met al die hooggeplaastes wat weggevoer is. En ‘n bedremmelde klompie mense wat saam met Jeremia in die land agter gebly het.

“Ag, hoe verlate sit die stad wat vol mense was!” (Klg 1:1).
“My kinders is verbyster” (Klg 1:16).
“My jongvroue en my jongmanne het in gevangenskap gegaan.” (Klg 1:18).
“My hart draai om in my binneste.” (Klg 1:20).

Wat maak ‘n mens in só ‘n situasie?
Wel, een ding het Jeremia geleer. Hy het ‘n nuwe lied geleer, ‘n lied wat wyd oor die wêreld gesing word:

“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases. His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning, new every morning. Great is Thy faithfulness, O Lord. Great is Thy faithfulness.” (Robert Davidson – Klg 3:21-25)

Laai die boek af op die webtuiste en gebruik die tyd van die inperking wys.
Om na te dink, maar ook ‘n nuwe lied aan te leer.

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Chris van Wyk

Ek is gemeenteleraar by Somerstrand gemeente, Port Elizabeth. My passie in die lewe is om God bo alles te dien en gelowiges in geloofsvorming te begelei. I am pastor at Summerstrand congregation, Port Elizabeth. My passion in life is to serve God above all and to lead believers in faith formation.

Chris van Wyk

Jul 26, 2021 | #

Tate haal Mayer aan wat ‘n Babiloniese gebed aanhaal om die Psalm se betekenis te verklaar: “I call to you from distantness; hear me from nearness.” In Duits: “Ich rufe dich von ferne, höre mich von nahe.” Hier is Tate se volledige verduideliking van die betekenis van die Psalm.

The main value of this psalm probably lies in its metaphorical richness. The metaphors of the high rock, the strong tower, the perpetual dwelling in the tent of God, and the shelter under the divine wings enhance the prayer and contribute significantly to our repertoire of spiritual imagination. A well-stocked and fertile imagination is essential for spiritual strength, a strength that influences the whole being of the person and/or group that possesses it. The metaphors assist us to incorporate our own experience into the experience of prayer. Prayer should engage imagination both toward the one praying and toward God. The metaphors of the psalm pass into our own experience and expand our horizons. Walter Brueggemann has written of the Psalms:

The Psalms do not insist that we follow word for word and line by line, but they intend us to have great freedom to engage our imagination toward the Holy God.… We will take liberties as the Psalm passes by and moves out into the richness of our experience and then back into the awesome presence of God. That is the way of metaphor (Praying the Psalms [Winona, MN: Saint Mary’s Press, 1982], 35).

Without a good stock of metaphors and an active imagination, our prayers are crippled and reduced to flattened, formulaic expressions without much power.
Perhaps the dominant metaphor in the psalm is that of distance from God in v 3. A sense of far-awayness from the divine presence, an at-the-end-of the earth experience, seems to be endemic to the spiritual life from time to time (see, e.g., Pss 2:1; 10:1; 22:2, 12, 20; 35:22; 38:22 [21]; 71:12). Indeed, it is almost a continuous need: “The psalmist is here describing the human condition in existentialist terms: man constantly stands at the edge of the abyss, and only divine assistance can prevent his falling into it” (Dahood, II, 84). Werner R. Mayer discusses a provocative Babylonian prayer formula which says, “I call to you from distantness; hear me from nearness” (“ ‘Ich rufe dich von ferne, höre mich von nahe,’ ” 302–17). The formula seems to mean that prayer suspends the distantness between the supplicant and the deity. Breaking down a perceived distance and the creation of sense of nearness and presence is a major function of prayer. The Psalms are of great importance in the recognition of distantness, which results from various kinds of stress and distress, and in the closing of that gap, which threatens spiritual health and even life itself. The very recitation of psalms like 61 serves to diminish distance and enhance nearness and presence.

Tate, M.E., 1998. Psalms 51–100, Dallas: Word, Incorporated.

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Chris van Wyk

Jul 26, 2021 | #

Dankie.
Chris van Wyk

Jul 26, 2021 | #

Hi Loretta – jy is welkom. Jy kan by hierdie webtuiste inteken (https://bybelskool.com/subscribe/) of vir my jou selnommer stuur, dan stuur ek vir jou die bydraes per Whatsapp (Chris van Wyk – nul agt twee 574 9191).
Chris van Wyk

Jul 26, 2021 | #

Tate haal Mayer aan wat ‘n Babiloniese gebed aanhaal om die Psalm se betekenis te verklaar: “I call to you from distantness; hear me from nearness.” In Duits: “Ich rufe dich von ferne, höre mich von nahe.” Hier is Tate se volledige verduideliking van die betekenis van die Psalm.

The main value of this psalm probably lies in its metaphorical richness. The metaphors of the high rock, the strong tower, the perpetual dwelling in the tent of God, and the shelter under the divine wings enhance the prayer and contribute significantly to our repertoire of spiritual imagination. A well-stocked and fertile imagination is essential for spiritual strength, a strength that influences the whole being of the person and/or group that possesses it. The metaphors assist us to incorporate our own experience into the experience of prayer. Prayer should engage imagination both toward the one praying and toward God. The metaphors of the psalm pass into our own experience and expand our horizons. Walter Brueggemann has written of the Psalms:

The Psalms do not insist that we follow word for word and line by line, but they intend us to have great freedom to engage our imagination toward the Holy God.… We will take liberties as the Psalm passes by and moves out into the richness of our experience and then back into the awesome presence of God. That is the way of metaphor (Praying the Psalms [Winona, MN: Saint Mary’s Press, 1982], 35).

Without a good stock of metaphors and an active imagination, our prayers are crippled and reduced to flattened, formulaic expressions without much power.
Perhaps the dominant metaphor in the psalm is that of distance from God in v 3. A sense of far-awayness from the divine presence, an at-the-end-of the earth experience, seems to be endemic to the spiritual life from time to time (see, e.g., Pss 2:1; 10:1; 22:2, 12, 20; 35:22; 38:22 [21]; 71:12). Indeed, it is almost a continuous need: “The psalmist is here describing the human condition in existentialist terms: man constantly stands at the edge of the abyss, and only divine assistance can prevent his falling into it” (Dahood, II, 84). Werner R. Mayer discusses a provocative Babylonian prayer formula which says, “I call to you from distantness; hear me from nearness” (“ ‘Ich rufe dich von ferne, höre mich von nahe,’ ” 302–17). The formula seems to mean that prayer suspends the distantness between the supplicant and the deity. Breaking down a perceived distance and the creation of sense of nearness and presence is a major function of prayer. The Psalms are of great importance in the recognition of distantness, which results from various kinds of stress and distress, and in the closing of that gap, which threatens spiritual health and even life itself. The very recitation of psalms like 61 serves to diminish distance and enhance nearness and presence.

Tate, M.E., 1998. Psalms 51–100, Dallas: Word, Incorporated.
Hester von Wielligh

Jul 24, 2021 | #

Goeiedag!
Ek het die stuk oor ps 61 met waardering gelees. Wat is die Engels van die volgende aanhaling? “Ek bid tot U van ver, hoor my van naby.” (Tate, Word Biblical Commentary, Psalm 51-100)
Ek wil dit graag verder ondersoek.
Baie dankie en seën.
Loretta Pienaar

Jul 23, 2021 | #

Goeiemôre Ds van Wyk, ek sal dit baie waardeer as ek u boodskappe kan ontvang. Alhoewel ek boodskappe kry van ander Godvresende leraars, kan ek nooit genoeg kry nie in hierdie tye. Ek is geensins ondankbaar nie, maar te dikwels blyk dit dat mense nie gretig is om oor God te praat nie, of soms blyk dit dat hulle nie omgee nie. God seën u en u geliefdes.
Jan

Jul 20, 2021 | #

Geestelike leesstof dankie.
Chris van Wyk

Jul 16, 2021 | #

Die woord wegraping kom nie in die Bybel voor nie. Dit is ‘n afleiding wat gemaak word op grond van die beskrywing van Jesus se hemelvaart en ons ontmoeting met Hom in 1 Tessalonisense 4.
Chris van Wyk

Jul 16, 2021 | #

Hi, jy kan kyk wat ek geskryf het by week 80-84 van Prontuit die Waarheid (https://bybelskool.com/prontuit-die-waarheid-argief/).
Past C Tities

Jul 13, 2021 | #

Pastoor ek soek graag Meer inligting oor rampe veral geestelik

Dankie vir u wonderlik ervaring wat u met andere deel
Milana Van Rooyen

Jul 11, 2021 | #

Goeie dag

Waar in bybel staan die woord wegraping …
Skrif asb
Dankie
Millanie