Psalm 22

This messianic psalm starts off with "My God, my God; why have you forsaken me?".  Much of the chapter deals with the distress and suffering and is clearly a prophetic reference to Jesus.  I was, however, struck with the section in verses 22-26 - in summary, the idea is "You rescued me.  Therefore I will praise you in the congregation."  The observation that David refers to the place of praise as being in the congregation felt to me like an emphasis on the idea of community as a primary context for praising him.  I personally have a tendency toward isolation.  That is my comfort zone.  In most cases I prefer to be alone.  Even in a crowd, I have to stretch myself to engage in conversation.  This psalm reminds me that isolation is not a healthy place and the I need to seek community as much as I can.
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