Tuesday 6 August 2024
Psalms 3
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Save Me, O My God
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
1 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[a]
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. Selah
5 I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the Lord sustained me.
Hebrews 13:20-25
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Benediction
20 Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21 equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us[a] that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
ObservationGOD goes before us, GOD wants to bring us from glory to glory because HE wants to show us HIS goodness and faithfulness but we need to trust in HIM, because our minds are to finite to grasps HIS greatness and love!!! GOD was like a shiel of glory to Israel when HE went before them in the cloud by day and the fire by night. HE surrounded them with HIS glorious power, just as David describes GOD as the shield of Glory and the lifter of his head. All that trust in him can lie down and enjoy good sleep because HE is the One who sustains those who look to HIM. How wonderful GOD is! GOD will not only supply all that we need to survive, but HE equips us so that we are able and capable to do HIS will, HIS will that is working in us, which pleases HIM through HIS Son JESUS whom we trust and bank on all our dependence on.
ApplicationSince GOD already supplies all that we need so that we not only survive but thrive and be champions of what HE has called us to do, what GOD wants from us is our heartfelt cooperation by trusting in HIM and believing in the dreams HE placed in our hearts. For the children of Israel it was them inheriting the Promise land, but to inherit that had to take a fight, and so they had to fight for what belongs to them. We cannot assume that what GOD wants for us is easily attained, GOD is not like that, HE doesn't spoon feed us like babies, HE ushers, equips us, builds us, enable us to take what is ours! So here, as I write these things, GOD is telling me: Keep fighting for what I have put in YOUR heart, don't give up. Don't let go, stay with me, that desire was meant to be there not to harm YOU but to give YOU the will and energy to take what is YOURS, use those emotions to YOUR advantage. Do not be afraid, do not be dismayed, be encouraged, it is YOURS!
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