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Psalm 11 Who Do You Trust? Where Do you Put Your Faith?

5/31/2015

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Psalm 11

Often the world will see the trouble we face and give us advice on how to fix it. People say put your trust in money, government or yourself. Sometimes they assume we ought to run in fear from the difficulties we face. David faced the temptation to listen to people who told him to run from Saul when Saul resented and mistrusted him.  Verses 1-3 describe David’s dilemma.

“In the Lord I take refuge;
how can you say to my soul,
    “Flee like a bird to your mountain,
2 for behold, the wicked bend the bow;
    they have fitted their arrow to the string
    to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart;
3 if the foundations are destroyed,
    what can the righteous do?”


David knew God was his sanctuary, his place of safety. He questioned how his friends could tell him otherwise. He knew Saul was a formidable enemy who was actively trying to kill him. David’s advisors didn’t understand that God was more awesome and fearsome than Saul could ever be. Not only were Saul’s men shooting arrows and throwing javelins at David, but the words of his advisors were trying to shake his faith, his foundation in The Lord. But David like us didn’t have to let those words pierce his heart. He had faith in God to protect him. Ephesians 6:16 reminds us,

“In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one;”

David’s faith was based on his assurance of God’s sovereignty exhibited repeatedly in his experience. Verses 4-5 read,

“The Lord is in his holy temple;
    the Lord's throne is in heaven;
    his eyes see, his eyelids test the children of man.
5 The Lord tests the righteous,
    but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.”


The Lord is exactly where He is supposed to be, on His throne. He sees everything that happens to His children. He loves us deeply. There are times when He allows the difficulties, when He permits our enemies and the enemy to throw flaming arrows. He tests our faith, not so that He will know how faithful we are but so we will know that our faith in God is true and good. There is no need to test the lost, they have no faith in Him to reveal.  Until they accept Jesus, they are tools of the enemy and God can and will use them to edify His children.

In the meantime the lost await a terrible end. They will be punished for letting the enemy use them and for hurting the children of God. Verse 6 reads,

“Let him rain coals on the wicked;
    fire and sulfur and a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.”


God is righteous. Sin must be paid for. But for us who have been made righteous by Jesus we will see Him face to face. We will be with Him forever. Verse 7 says,

“For the Lord is righteous;
he loves righteous deeds;
    the upright shall behold his face.”


Do you choose to believe those who say trust money? Do you trust those who encourage you to foster fear? Or do you exercise faith and trust in The Lord your God? God is our Refuge. He is our Strong Tower, our Foundation, our Rock, our Salvation, and our Strength. What do we have to fear? Romans 8:31-35 says,

“What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? 33 Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?”

Nothing and no one is more powerful than The Lord.

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Psalm 10 Where is God When Evil Prospers?

5/30/2015

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Psalm 10[1]

Do you ever look around you and ask why the world is so unfair? Why do the rich get richer? Why do evil men oppress the weak? Why does God let it happen? King David asked the same questions. Verse 1 reads,

“Why, O Lord, do you stand far away?
    Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?”


King David knew that God is righteous and just and yet He still broached the subject. He said, “Where are you while all this stuff happens?” He looked at the world and the widespread pain and rampant sin he saw hurt him. He cried out to God. David was a man after God’s own heart. If it hurt David to see the evil flourish, how much more did it pain God?

Verses 2-4 read,

In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor;
    let them be caught in the schemes that they have devised.
3 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his soul,
    and the one greedy for gain curses and renounces the Lord.
4 In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him;
    all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”
5 His ways prosper at all times;
    your judgments are on high, out of his sight;
    as for all his foes, he puffs at them.
6 He says in his heart, “I shall not be moved;
    throughout all generations I shall not meet adversity.”
7 His mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
    under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.


David describes the wicked who follow the prince of the power of the air, Satan. In his description of the lost, he gives us a look at the deceiver as well. The lost are arrogant, prideful and selfish. Satan wants them to look like him. Satan’s traits manifest in the lost and create the suffering. Galatians 5:19-21 read,

“Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.”

Why do bad things happen? Why do evil men prosper? Because we live in a fallen and broken world and the lost are prisoners of war who manifest the works of Satan in their pursuit of self-satisfaction. Satan is devious, he’s the deceiver and the accuser. He presents himself as the messenger of light, doing good and righteous things. His ignorant followers think they too are doing good but they work against Righteous God. (2 Corinthians 11:13-15). How do they fall for it? Satan is a clever manipulator. Verses 8-10 read,

“He sits in ambush in the villages;
    in hiding places he murders the innocent.
His eyes stealthily watch for the helpless;
9     he lurks in ambush like a lion in his thicket;
he lurks that he may seize the poor;
    he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net.
10 The helpless are crushed, sink down,
    and fall by his might.”


He takes them anyway he can, he takes away their hope and they blame God for evil and deny that the deceiver even exists. Verse 11 says,

“He says in his heart, “God has forgotten,
    he has hidden his face, he will never see it.”


They really believe God doesn’t care about them. That is a tragedy. He loves them so much. But who will tell them the truth? God is Love. God is Just. God is our Righteous Judge. In verses 12-15 David prays for them.

“Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand;
    forget not the afflicted.
13 Why does the wicked renounce God
    and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”?
14 But you do see, for you note mischief and vexation,
    that you may take it into your hands;
to you the helpless commits himself;
    you have been the helper of the fatherless.
15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer;
    call his wickedness to account till you find none.”


And our Holy God does. One day they will pay for their sin if they have not accepted Jesus’ propitiation. And this end is already promised, already done even though on our human timeline it hasn’t come to be yet. God promised it. We can be sure it is finished. Verses 16-18 read,

“The Lord is king forever and ever;
    the nations perish from his land.
17 O Lord, you hear the desire of the afflicted;
    you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear
18 to do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed,
    so that man who is of the earth may strike terror no more.”


We either follow Christ, the King of kings or Satan, the prince of the power of the air. It is the devil who oppresses and tricks people into manifesting his traits and desires. But the Holy Spirit works in His children to manifest love and His traits. If you ask where Justice is, He is there waiting with open arms to embrace you and transform you so that you will join Him and fight for justice for the unknowing captives of Satan.



[1] In the Septuagint Psalms 9 and 10 form one Psalm. They follow an acrostic pattern, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. But perhaps because they appear to have such different subjects they were divided to two separate psalms in the Bible. It is clear they are both about God’s justice and righteousness.


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Psalm 9 What Do You Have To Thank God For?

5/29/2015

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Psalm 9

Verses 1-2 read,

“I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
    I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.
2 I will be glad and exult in you;
    I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.”


Why should we thank God? What is it that have to be thankful for? Sometimes I know people don’t think they have anything to be thankful for. They look at their lives and see lack instead of plenty. But Believer, we have so much to thank Him for and so very much to praise Him for. Verses 3-4 read,

“When my enemies turn back,
    they stumble and perish before your presence.
4 For you have maintained my just cause;
    you have sat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.”


The Lord’s enemy and ours are the same. And in Him we have nothing to fear from Satan or his minions. God is just and He will send them to eternal Hell. And that is another reason to thank Him because he is a God of justice. And He judges with righteous judgement. We in His image have been given the ability to do the same. God doesn’t judge with bias or favoritism, and we should not either. He doesn’t judge based on what is apparent to others, He assesses the heart, the mind, and the motives. In John Chapter 7:23-24 Jesus told the Jews who accused him of being demon possessed,

“If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man's whole body well? 24 Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Verses 5-6 read,

“You have rebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;
    you have blotted out their name forever and ever.
6 The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;
    their cities you rooted out;
    the very memory of them has perished.”


The Lord has warned everyone that they have to choose Him or Hell. And those who choose Hell will get what they asked for. On God’s timeline it is already done, because He said it will be done. Their names ae blotted out forever, as if they never existed. But for His children, those who choose Jesus eternity is very different and it is done! God’s enemy is our enemy, we win. We go on to eternal celebration and Sabbath with God and the enemy perishes. Jesus told the disciples who rejoiced over the awesome works they did in His name, “Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you. Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.” (Luke 10:19-20).

Their name is forgotten, but ours is written in the Book of Life forever. And God our King is king forever. He is on the throne now and He will remain there eternally. He is Awesome Holy God, yesterday, today, and forever. He is our Righteous Judge, but we have nothing to fear because He gave us His own righteousness. Verses 7-8 read,

“But the Lord sits enthroned forever;
    he has established his throne for justice,
8 and he judges the world with righteousness;
    he judges the peoples with uprightness.”


He judges righteously. He rules virtuously. He will not let the enemy harm us, or even touch us. When the enemy hurts us, it is because we invited him to do so, it is because we let him. Although bad things happen to us God is with us. The LORD God of Angel Armies fights for us and works everything out for our good, the good of becoming more like Him as we are meant to be. Verses 9-12 say,

“The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed,
    a stronghold in times of trouble.
10 And those who know your name put their trust in you,
    for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.


11 Sing praises to the Lord, who sits enthroned in Zion!
    Tell among the peoples his deeds!
12 For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;
    he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.”


What do you have to Thank God for? He loves you so completely. He fights for you. He won for you. We may feel like we’re still in battle with the enemy, but He already won the war. Jesus said, “It is finished.” He didn’t mean His life, He meant that the war is over and He won. He won and we won. He is King of kings. We can trust Him. The enemy oppresses, but Jesus liberates. He is our rock and our Strong Tower in times of trouble and always, but the enemy is chaos ad loves to make more. God adores us. He thinks of us. He cares about us. Everything He does is for our benefit. We can cry to Him because He loves us. We can pray and know that He hears us and cares.

Of course we are in a reciprocal relationship with God. We don’t only tell Him our troubles, we thank Him and praise Him. We talk to Him and we listen as He talks to us. Isn’t that glorious? God talks to us! David prayed and David thanked the Lord for answering in the same breath. He prayed and He knew that God already knew his troubles and that our Just and Righteous God would do what was best. Verses 13-20 read,

“Be gracious to me, O Lord!
    See my affliction from those who hate me,
    O you who lift me up from the gates of death,
14 that I may recount all your praises,
    that in the gates of the daughter of Zion
    I may rejoice in your salvation.


15 The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;
    in the net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.
16 The Lord has made himself known; he has executed judgment;
    the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands.  Higgaion. Selah


17 The wicked shall return to Sheol,
    all the nations that forget God.


18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten,
    and the hope of the poor shall not perish forever.


19 Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail;
    let the nations be judged before you!
20 Put them in fear, O Lord!

    Let the nations know that they are but men!  Selah”

What do you have to thank God for? If you do not know then I pray you will.

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Psalm 8 How Majestic is The LORD!

5/28/2015

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Psalm 8

This psalm is one of pure praise and unadulterated worship to The Lord. Verse 1 reads,

“O Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!
You have set your glory above the heavens.”


There is no better praise for God than His own name. Here His name is described as majestic. He is King, Lord of not only the heavens but over the earth and all of creation. He is King of kings, royal, magnificent, and resplendent. He is Sovereign.

He is Almighty, so powerful that He can use the weakest and most fragile and still His power is colossal and great. There is none who can stand against Him. He illustrates His power over and over using the small to accomplish the immense. When David was only a boy, too small for armor God used him and a slingshot to kill Goliath and terrify the Philistines. Verse 2 puts it this way,

“Out of the mouth of babies and infants,
you have established strength because of your foes,
    to still the enemy and the avenger.”


He has done it again and again. He uses us even with our flaws and frailty. It is His strength, not ours that matters. God is powerful beyond the words I can find to describe Him. His creation declares His might. Verses 3-4 say,

“When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
    the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
4 what is man that you are mindful of him,
    and the son of man that you care for him?’


In all His magnificent splendor and strength He still loves us. He more than loves us, He cares about us. He thinks of us. He remembers us. And because He created us in His own image He gave us privileges that no other part of His creation was given. He gave us spirits, souls that can love Him in return. He gave us wills that can choose freely to reciprocate His love, to worship, or to reject Him. Not even the angels have that. And He gave us dominion that is authority over every living thing on earth, in the seas, and in the sky. Not because He needs us to take care of the earth, but because He made us like Himself and chooses to give us that power. Verses 5-8 read,

“Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings
    and crowned him with glory and honor.
6 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;
    you have put all things under his feet,
7 all sheep and oxen,
    and also the beasts of the field,
8 the birds of the heavens, and the fish of the sea,
    whatever passes along the paths of the seas.”


What a delightful God, loving Father, wonderful Savior, and magnificent Spirit He is. Consider His creation. It is breathtaking in its beauty, astonishing in its complexity, and unfathomable in its immensity. What can we say to praise Him? Verse 9 says it,

“O Lord, our Lord,
    how majestic is your name in all the earth!”


Remember who you are Child of Almighty God. You are His masterpiece. You are His noble son or daughter. You have authority to carry out the will of your Father the King. You have the power of His mighty name. You bear His image. You are His glory. Be who He called you to be.

There is no better praise for God than His own name. He gave us His name when He adopted us and we praise him by glorifying Him through exercising His authority and love.

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Psalm 7 The LORD is my Refuge

5/28/2015

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I am still out of town and have chosen another encore Bible devotional:


David wrote Psalm 7 in response to an accusation of wrongdoing. The title of the Psalm suggests it was a pretty hefty allegation, possibly treason against Saul. Regardless of what the charge was, David knew he was innocent.

David describes his pain as if a lion had torn his soul apart. (Verse 2). But in his distress David turned to the LORD. He knew God was his refuge. Refuge is a word we tend to use often. We can forget its meaning, we can lessen its strength. A refuge is a place of safety and protection. If an animal lives on a refuge, it cannot be hunted. If we abide in The LORD, we cannot be touched or hurt be the enemy. David knew that.

David also knew that God would take care of the problem and his enemy. David didn’t have to defend himself. He knew he was innocent and he knew God knew the truth. He invited the LORD to test and judge him.

Verses 8-11 read,

“The Lord judges the peoples;
    judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness
    and according to the integrity that is in me.
9 Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end,
    and may you establish the righteous--
you who test the minds and hearts,
    O righteous God!
10 My shield is with God,
    who saves the upright in heart.
11 God is a righteous judge,
    and a God who feels indignation every day.”

Do you trust God like that? Do you understand that if you are blameless then you don’t have to fear judgment? You don’t have to shout your innocence from the mountaintops. You don’t have to protest for everyone to hear. You simply trust God to be who He says He is. God judges justly. God protects the righteous. Even when it seems like the wicked are winning, you can know they will be judged.

If Jesus is your Lord, then God sees you as righteous. Jesus was your propitiation. God’s great grace means you can trust God to be your refuge, your haven, your sanctuary. Whatever problems you face, God is big enough to handle them.

God is mighty. You can trust Him to take care of it for you. God is your shield, He saves the upright heart. He saved you! You don’t have to be concerned about how everything will turn out. You win.

If you leave it to God, maybe that person who did you so wrong will also find out that God loves them. Maybe they will turn to Jesus. If not, then they will dig their own traps, they will eventually pay for the sins they committed. But God longs for them to turn to Him. Your actions can affect that.

So go ahead, give it to God, whatever your problem is, be it evil being done to you, be it any worries you have. Verse 17 reads,

“I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness,
    and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.”

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Psalm 6 The Lord Disciplines His Children

5/27/2015

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Today's devotional is an encore from last year due to traveling.
In Psalm 6 David is praying to the LORD to for relief from discipline and the pain he is in. David describes his pain so deeply. Verses 6-7 read,

“I am weary with my moaning;
    every night I flood my bed with tears;
    I drench my couch with my weeping.
7 My eye wastes away because of grief;
    it grows weak because of all my foes.”

David knows the LORD is there. He knows that the trouble he is facing is the consequence of his own sin. He began this Psalm with asking the Lord not to rebuke or discipline him in His anger. The Lord will discipline you. He will allow you to suffer from the bad choices you’ve made. Proverbs 3:12 reads,

“for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
    as a father the son in whom he delights.”

It is repeated in Hebrews 12:6

“For the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
    and chastises every son whom he receives.”

Just like a loving parent would not allow his child to keep behaving in a way that leads to danger, Our Father in Heaven won’t allow us to keep sinning without His chastisement.

But David also knew that it wouldn’t be forever. David begged the Lord to end his punishment. And the LORD did. The Lord saw that David had gotten the message.

Verses 8-9 read,

“Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
    for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my plea;
    the Lord accepts my prayer.”

The Lord will correct, prepare, and instruct you. He will reprimand you and even castigate you if he has to. He loves you. He wants the best for you. But that punishment will also come to an end. And through it all, whether you are in the midst of a reprimand or a reward, whether in the center of a struggle or a rest, He is with you. He has you, your best interests and your future in His loving mighty hands.

God forgave you. His discipline isn’t about making you pay for the wrongs you’ve done it is about correcting you, training you and transforming you to be the very best you can be. It is about making you into the image of Christ.

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Psalm 5 God's Righteousness is Yours for the Asking

5/26/2015

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Psalm 5

God is good. He is all goodness, light, and truth. There is no evil, darkness, or deceit in Holy God. When we decide to accept His offer and follow Him. We really do need to pursue Him, His Love, and His Kingdom. Not because He runs from us or hides His blessings from us, but because the enemy works hard to stop us. Our flesh, if given the chance will try to satisfy our selfishness. The Spirit though allows us to glorify God, reflect Christ’s image by the consequences of His indwelling us. We manifest the fruit of The Spirit more and more as we endeavor to mature by following God, obeying Him, trusting Him, and seeking His will instead of our own, until His will is our own. He freely gives us His righteousness just for the asking. But righteousness isn’t righteousness until it is practiced.

The first step after salvation to pursuing God is communication with Him. David understood that the first step of any day was prayer and worship of The Lord. Verses 1-3 read,

“Give ear to my words, O Lord;
    consider my groaning.
2 Give attention to the sound of my cry,
    my King and my God,
    for to you do I pray.
3 O Lord, in the morning you hear my voice;
    in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.”


God was David’s priority. He didn’t just say he wanted to be righteous, he actively sought it. God is Righteousness. To strive for righteousness is to know God and ask for His heart and mind. How many people do you know who want something, perhaps a promotion, but they do nothing about it, they don’t get training, they don’t ask the boss. They just sit and dream about it as if it is an impossibility.

People do the same with righteousness. They want to be good, they want to be holy, but they don’t pray, they don’t seek God, they don’t exercise the gifts of the Spirit. They would rather think righteousness is an unattainable trait that only manifests in the resurrection body.

Don’t we as God’s children long to please Him? He isn’t pleased by our sin, or our excuses to keep on sinning. God abhors evil. He detests pride ad selfishness. Verse 4 reads,

“For you are not a God who delights in wickedness;
    evil may not dwell with you.”


But as much as he loathes evil, He loves us. He relishes our faith and our worship. He adores pouring out His love on us, covering us in His righteousness, and cradling us in His protective arms. Verses 7-8 describe it this way,

“But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love,
    will enter your house.
I will bow down toward your holy temple
    in the fear of you.
8 Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness
    because of my enemies;
    make your way straight before me.”


The world has chosen its end. God would not be a God of love and justice if He allowed the wicked to go unpunished and sin to go unpaid for. The evil in the world wants to drag us down with it. Evil people don’t want to be alone, then they would have to recognize their flaws. They will try to pull us into their schemes. The enemy will do whatever he can to destroy us. But we have nothing to fear from the world and less to fear from Satan. Our Father Almighty God loves us and covers us. Verses 11-12 read,

“But let all who take refuge in you rejoice;
    let them ever sing for joy,
and spread your protection over them,
    that those who love your name may exult in you.
12 For you bless the righteous, O Lord;
    you cover him with favor as with a shield.”


Seek Righteousness, you will find Him. Pursue Love, He will fill you. Ask for more of God and He will transform you. Be intentional.

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Psalm 4 The World May Hate but God Loves.

5/25/2015

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Psalm 4

Believer, do you ever feel alone? Do you ever wonder if you have anyone that cares and listens? You do! Although it can sometimes feel as if god isn’t listening, He is. It might seem as if He doesn’t care. He does. You can always count on The Lord to be there with you, He hears your words, and He knows your heart. You are special to Him. You are His child, His priest, His chosen, and His own.  Verses 1-3 read,

“Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
    You have given me relief when I was in distress.
    Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!


2 O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame?
    How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah
3 But know that the Lord has set apart the godly for himself;
    the Lord hears when I call to him.”


God does so much more than hear you. He helps and delivers. Whatever it is that is causing you anguish or grief, He relieves your distress. Sometimes by taking care of the problem, often by carrying you through the problem, or helping you see it in a new light. By letting you lean on Him and trust Him to be I Am.

The world sees we are different, they see we are set apart and they come up with lies to make us into the bad guys. We didn’t exalt ourselves. We are not on some false pedestal. God exalted us. God distinguished us. He made s holy. The world can try and sling mud but they cannot sully us. Jesus made us holy. They call us out on every sin we are caught in, ignoring their own wrongs. They try to turn our honor to shame. But they can’t. They cannot take our righteousness away from us. Jesus gave it to us. It is His, we are His. The world can say and do what they like to us, but in the end, there will be justice. Sin must be paid for. People choose whether to accept Jesus’ payment for sin or they will pay themselves. The Kingdom of God is our eternal hope, now and forever.

The world suffers difficulties as well but they haven’t turned to Abba our Almighty Holy God. They make up lies, deceiving even themselves. They believe the enemy. They play the victim or the avenger. We are not victims. We are overcomers. We are victors. We do not have to avenge, retaliate, or punish those who hurt us. Our Father the King holds us. Jesus will sit on The Judgement Seat and He will dole out justice to those who choose it. He sits on The Mercy Seat and gives mercy to those who choose Him. Verses 4-5 read,

“Be angry, and do not sin;
    ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah
5 Offer right sacrifices,
    and put your trust in the Lord.”


We may want to put the haters in their place now, but that isn’t what God wants. He wants us to love them as He loves them. He wants us to trust Him to do what is best for us and for them. We didn’t deserve His mercy. We need to be merciful to the people who hate us. Remember they are prisoners of war and most do not know it. They believed the lies the enemy told them. They won’t see the Truth unless we demonstrate it to them with God’s perfect love. Don’t retaliate. Instead continue trusting in God. The lost are hopeless or have put their hope in worthless and false idols. We have the power and ability to shine a light into their darkness. To show them kindness even though they don’t deserve it. To be compassionate even if they are not. Verses 6-7 read,

“There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?
    Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”
7 You have put more joy in my heart
    than they have when their grain and wine abound.”

We have joy no matter what. The world may persecute us, the world will persecute us if we walk in Christ filled with His Awesome Holy Spirit. And we still have joy, we have everything we need and more in The Lord. He gives us joy even in the darkest hour. The world may think they have joy, and they party it up. They get rich and they celebrate it. They celebrate the things of this world which will be burned up in an instant. They applaud their wealth and food. They praise themselves for their accomplishments. They revel in their work. All those idols will be gone and they will finally see that none of it mattered.

Our joy is forever. God is our peace and we are secure in Him. We have peace with God. He is our Joy, our Comfort, our Strong Tower, and our Refuge. In the midst of the hate from the world, the attacks by the enemy, and the chaos they try to inflict, we have our Abba our Daddy The Lord All-powerful God of the Universe. Their turmoil can’t touch us. God is our Shield. Verse 8 reads,

“In peace I will both lie down and sleep;
    for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.”


Believer, remember God is not far off. He is with you. He is not uncaring, He loves you deeply. 

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Psalm 3 Remember Who God is. Remember Who The Enemy is. Let Your Actions Display Your Faith.

5/24/2015

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Psalm 3

David was God’s anointed king. He had many enemies. Even his own son Absalom wanted to kill him. You can find the history in 2 Samuel. Absalom was the second born of all David’s sons. His older brother Ammon had raped his sister Tamar and Absalom got his revenge by inviting all his brothers to a feast then killing Ammon once he was drunk. After a three year exile to his mother’s family, he returned to Jerusalem but as unable to see his father. After repeated attempts though Absalom regained access to David the king, whom he now bitterly hated. Absalom decided he was going to be king, regardless of the fact that Solomon had been prophesied and chosen to be the next king. Absalom’s revolt was successful, the people turned to him, even though David was still alive. And David and his entire household, his servants and those still devoted to him fled, in grief and mourning to save their lives. This Psalm was written about that time. Verses 1-4 read,

“O Lord, how many are my foes!
    Many are rising against me;
2 many are saying of my soul,
    there is no salvation for him in God. Selah


3 But you, O Lord, are a shield about me,
    my glory, and the lifter of my head.
4 I cried aloud to the Lord,
    and he answered me from his holy hill.”


David, the rightful king of Israel had about 500 men with him, but Absalom had the rest of the army, about 12,000 men and many people who had been duped into believing him and following him. But David didn’t need a vast army, he had God, The Lord of Hosts. David called out to The Lord and knew without doubt that his Lord The Almighty heard him.

We too have many enemies in this world. Some hate us for no real reason, others hate us because they blame us for all the perceived wrongs of the church and Christendom. Some hate us because we wronged them. But most have been duped by the prince of the power of the air, Satan. They follow him as king and lord instead of The King of kings, The LORD.

But we have nothing to fear. We don’t have to fight them. They are not our enemy. The Lord our God has us in His protection. He is a shield surrounding us. He is our triumph. All we ever have to do is ask Him and in our faith, He is our Succor, our Strong Tower, our Rock, and our Peace. We do’t even have to ask, just trust that He is I Am.

David fled from Absalom rather than fight him. He trusted God. He knew God’s promises regarding himself and Solomon. He trusted His Lord so much that he could lay down and sleep in a cave while an army led by his vengeful acrimonious son sought to murder him. Verses 5-7 describe it.

“I lay down and slept;
    I woke again, for the Lord sustained me.
6 I will not be afraid of many thousands of people
    who have set themselves against me all around.


7 Arise, O Lord!
    Save me, O my God!
For you strike all my enemies on the cheek;
    you break the teeth of the wicked.”


We have nothing to fear from the enemy or any of his subjects. The children of wrath may hate us and may strike out to harm us. The minions of the devil may try to ensnare us, but they can’t touch us. We’ve already won the war. We are still in the battle. The battle is not for ourselves but to free the prisoners of war who are ignorantly in bondage to our enemy. We are invulnerable to him and his attacks. 1 John 5:1-19 reminds us,

“We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him.

19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.”

David knew this. He exhibited the humility of the Lord in his submission to The Lord’s authority, while his son consistently showed his pride in himself, his charm and his good looks. Eventually Absalom’s huge army and David’s small one came to battle in the forest at Ephraim. Although it should have been an easy win for Absalom’s men, he fled in terror on a donkey. His long hair, the symbol of his arrogance got caught up in the branches of a tree. He remained stuck in the tree until Joab, the leader of David’s army had him executed. The battle ended and soon after David was restored to his throne.

David mourned his son, prayed for his soul and forgave the armies and Amasa their leader for their treason. He even gave Amasa, Joab’s position. It was David’s faith in God, his heart for God that allowed him to forgive so completely. Even his once enemies now swore their allegiance to him. He could have been vindictive. He could have put Amasa to death and not punished Joab. If he had done that, none of the once devoted to Absalom would have sworn allegiance to David. Because of David’s mercy they devoted themselves to him. But Joab knew his king’s heart and killed Absalom anyway. He followed his will rather than the king’s. He had to be disciplined for his wrongdoing. Amasa on the other hand didn’t know the king’s heart and in his ignorance followed his leader faithfully. The king forgave him and gave him an honored place in his army.

Remember The Lord’s heart for His creation. He doesn’t want us to avenge Him. He wants them to come to Him. He wants them to know Him and be with Him. God longs for them to know His salvation. How can they know it if we don’t tell them? How can they experience the love of God if we don’t show them? We can live out the joy and love of grace and make disciples for our Father. Verse 8 reads,

“Salvation belongs to the Lord;
    your blessing be on your people!”

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Psalm 2 The Anointed King and the Nations

5/23/2015

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Psalm 2

David was God’s appointed king. He was a man after God’s own heart. (Acts 13:22). He had been chosen by God and anointed to be the king of Israel and when he was so anointed The Spirit of the LORD came upon him from that day forward. (1 Samuel 16). David was a deeply emotional man who put his many feelings, praises, misgivings, and requests into prayers and songs for The Lord.

In this Psalm he wrote about the nations that seemed to hate Israel and him and their constant desire to come against him. Verses 1-3 read,

“Why do the nations rage
    and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and the rulers take counsel together,
    against the Lord and against his Anointed, saying,
3 “Let us burst their bonds apart
    and cast away their cords from us.”


While David cried out to God about his enemies he also prophesied about the Messiah, Jesus. David’s life often was prophetic and many of the Psalms carry messianic messages. When Jesus came, the world didn’t embrace Him, as so many of the Jewish people expected it to. Kings and nations didn’t hand over earthly rule to Him when He came back then, and they won’t hand it over to Him willingly when he comes again.

There is even more of the prophetic message here. While it is most definitely about Christ, it is also about believers. We are anointed. We are hated because Jesus was and is hated. He warned us that we would be reviled if we truly follow Him. John 15:18-20 reads,

“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.”

The world wants to think that Jesus didn’t come from The Father. They try to prove it and break those bonds. When the world saw ho David was dedicated to The One True God they tried to break those bonds. And when they see us living and walking for Jesus they attempt the same thing. They discount Jesus as merely a man, a good man and even a prophet but not God. They mock us for our foolishness but they can’t break our unity with Him. He is within us. They couldn’t break David’s relationship with God either. They certainly can’t separate God from Himself as they attempt to disprove Jesus’ divnity.

Remember just as the Father and the Son are one, so are we one with Him. In John 17:20-23 Jesus prayed for us,

“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.”

The LORD will have His vengeance on our enemies and His. The Day is coming when His wrath will be released on the world, when all the second and seventieth chances will be over. Verses 4-6 read,

“He who sits in the heavens laughs;
    the Lord holds them in derision.
5 Then he will speak to them in his wrath,
    and terrify them in his fury, saying,
6 “As for me, I have set my King
    on Zion, my holy hill.”


The laugh David refers to here is not a joyful one it is scathing and angry. The world treats God and His children with disdain. We do not have to reciprocate the hate. We trust God loves us and has us. He will have vengeance on those who rejected Him and us. Deuteronomy 32:35-36 says it this way,

“Vengeance is mine, and recompense,
    for the time when their foot shall slip;
for the day of their calamity is at hand,
    and their doom comes swiftly.’
36 For the Lord will vindicate his people
    and have compassion on his servants,
when he sees that their power is gone
    and there is none remaining, bond or free.”


Sometimes we may get upset for our suffering, and grieve the way we are treated. David did. God knows we do. We can cry out to Him. But we don’t have to take our own revenge. God has us. Rather we should love our enemies enough to show them who God is. He is Love. He is Truth. He wants them to come to Him. We have to give them the chance to accept Him or reject Him. We do that through love, not retaliation. We do it through kindness and gentleness, boldness and courage, not retribution, war, and hate.

God loves us so much he sent Jesus. He chose us before the foundations of the earth. (Ephesians 1:4). Because He sent His only begotten, we are His sons and daughters. Because the Son of God lives so do we. Verses 7-9 read,

“I will tell of the decree:
The Lord said to me, “You are my Son;
    today I have begotten you.
8 Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage,
    and the ends of the earth your possession.
9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
    and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.”


The earth and everything in it belong to God. (Psalm 24). All authority has been given to Jesus. (Matthew 28:18). He gave the disciples that authority when He sent them out to do His work. Matthew 10:1 reads,

“And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction.”

In Matthew 28 When Jesus gave us the great commission, He didn’t have to give us authority. He sent the Holy Spirit. We have God within us. He has all authority and power over the world, the spirits, the nations, and the afflictions. We have The Lord’s authority because we have the Lord.

There are two choices for each person accept Jesus as Lord or reject Jesus as Lord. Love Him or Hate Him. Both choices have eternal consequences. Verses 10-12 read,

“Now therefore, O kings, be wise;
    be warned, O rulers of the earth.
11 Serve the Lord with fear,
    and rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son,
    lest he be angry, and you perish in the way,
    for his wrath is quickly kindled.
Blessed are all who take refuge in him.”


We serve Him or we don’t. We rejoice in Him or one day we will regret and mourn that we didn’t accept Him. We take our sanctuary and protection in Him or we run from Him and perish. We serve Him in respect or we run from Him in terror. We work out our salvation with fear and trembling and live eternally or we reject Him and die eternally.

 

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