What is a miktam????

"Keep me safe, O God, I've run for dear life to you. 
   I say to God, "Be my Lord!" 
      Without you, nothing makes sense." Psalm 16:1

This Psalm is called a "miktam".  The meaning of "miktam" is not really known, except that it is connected to six psalms that are psalms of lament.  David was pouring out his heart in these writings.  


There are days when we are soaring on the mountaintops (yay, yay, hip, hip, hooray LOL) and there are days when we lament.  Somedays I wake up in a "lament" mood.  I can't explain it!  Sunshine could be pouring through my blinds and everything "looks" right but my soul is lamenting (mourning, regretful, sorrowful).  


Sometimes I know why, other times I feel as though I am interceding for others and their problems.  Of course, I also have "those days" where I am a walking "miktam" myself.  Maybe that's why there is no clear definition of this Hebrew word--"miktam" really has no understanding!

So the next time someone asks you in that snippy tone, "Hey, what's wrong with you?" You can reply, "Oh, nothing, I am just miktamming." Hahhahahahahha that will throw them through a loop for sure and teach them not to mess with Ms. Miktam.

Seriously, the good part about a miktam is the Creator understands.  And when it boils down to it, isn't that all that really matters?  David 'miktammed' six different times.  If I could imagine what that looked like in modern day language, it would look something like this:

"Lord, I have no idea why I am so down today.  Maybe it is the bill collectors (in David's case it was the Philistines), maybe it's the hormones, maybe it's the cleaning up...I don't know but I feel like a miktam, Lord.  Please help me get through this day, Father, please!!!" 

AND DADDY WOULD PROBABLY RESPOND WITH:

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."- Matthew 11:28

(or in today's modern language) 

"Girl, don't be miktamming on me!!  Rise up your soul and sing and give glory to the Lord!!!"

Wherever you are today, just remember Daddy is right there with you!

Shalom!

:-)