{"id":3256,"date":"2020-05-09T08:35:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T15:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2020-05-09T08:36:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T15:36:13","slug":"hobart-herd-devotional-psalms-11-12-5-89-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3256","title":{"rendered":"Hobart Herd Devotional – Psalms 11-12 – 5-8&9-20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 11 \u2013\n5-8-20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   How is it that I can trust and take refuge\nin the Lord?  How can I know that He will\nalways be there for me?  David can answer\nthese questions with authority and conviction because he had hid in caves, run\nfor his life, been on the wrong side of God\u2019s judgment, and still in every\nsituation, the Lord had been there for him. \nOh, he didn\u2019t always feel that way at the time, but in the end he knew\nGod\u2019s love, grace, forgiveness and presence in his life.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   This chapter may be one of the most special\nduring this \u201cstay at home\u201d time.  Psalms\n11:3        If the foundations are destroyed,\nwhat can the righteous do?”(NAS)  We\nprobably all feel as if God is distant or lost control.  The first verse reminds us that we can take\nrefuge in the Lord even when we want to run. \nIt may seem that the enemy is ready to take us out, but God is our\nrefuge.  Psalms 11:4      The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD’S\nthrone is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.(NAS)  This is the verse that the Lord laid on my\nheart today.  Isn\u2019t it great that in it\nall, the Lord is still in His temple, and on His throne!  GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!  I hope that I never lose sight that no matter\nwhat happens or how I feel in the moment, God is in control.  When leaders and laws in this world change,\nGod is in control.  When situations are\nbeyond my control, God is in control.  No\nmatter if I can make it to church, His Son my Savior, ever lives to make\nintercession for me.  He is still in His\ntemple and on His throne.  Whenever I\nfeel like God has forsaken me, by faith I know that He will never leave me or\nforsake me.  If I know that I have failed\nHim, His forgiveness and grace is there for me. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   In verse 7 I am reminded that the Lord is righteous,\nloves righteousness, and one day I will see His face!  What a promise!  I am not righteous or upright in myself, but\nI have His Holy Spirit living in me and He makes me righteous by the precious\nblood of Christ.  He brings forgiveness\nand gives me the righteousness of Christ to wear.  I can live in His power knowing that one day,\nI will see His face.  All this because\nGod is in His temple and on His throne! \nGod is in control.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, forgive me for losing my faith in\nYour presence and power in my life.  I\nforget that You have given me Your Holy Spirit to always remain with me and\nremind me that God is in control.  I so\nlook forward to the day when I can see You face to face and live forever in\nYour Presence.  Until that day, may I\nalways have faith that You are in Your temple and on Your throne!  In Jesus Name, Amen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 12 \u2013\n5-9-20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Many times in David\u2019s life, He knew the pain\nof betrayal.  His own people gave him up\nto Saul.  His own son, Absalom betrayed\nhim in his own court.  The very leaders\nhe trusted in his life spoke ill of him behind his back and led the nation\nagainst him.  Oh how painful to know the\nlying lips and slandering tongue that destroys our hearts.  Where can we find comfort and strength to\ncarry on?  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Psalms 12:5-7, 5  “Because of the devastation of the\nafflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, now I will arise,” says\nthe LORD; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”6   The words of the LORD are pure words; as silver\ntried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times. 7 Thou, O LORD, wilt keep\nthem; Thou wilt preserve him from this generation forever.(NAS)  How precious are the promises and words of\nthe Lord to our hearts.  I need to\nremember that His Word can meet my needs. \nHis promises will be kept and I can trust in the Word of the Lord.  He truly hears the cries of the oppressed,\nafflicted and needy.  When I am at my\nlowest, His grace and strength is at It\u2019s highest.  Truly I can trust in His Word and never doubt\nthat He who has promised is Faithful!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   The picture of the refining of God\u2019s Word,\nlike silver 7 times in the fire; truly His Word is pure and true.  It is because of this that I trust in His\npromises.  I know that God will keep His\nWord and in so doing His promises are mine. \n\u201cEvery Promise in the book is mine, every chapter, every verse, every\nline.  Oh what blessings of His love\ndivine every promise in the book is mine.\u201d \nGod will preserve me from this generation forever.  His promise is eternal and His Word lasts\nforever!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, truly, when I am afraid, I can trust\nin You.  Your Word is my strength and my\nshield.  Thank you for all the pure truth\nand promises that are mine by faith in the Lord.  Help me to always turn to Your word to find\ntruth.  Your lips have never failed me\nand Your Truth will carry me through.  In\nJesus Name, Amen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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