{"id":3377,"date":"2020-06-04T13:13:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3377"},"modified":"2020-06-04T13:13:58","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:13:58","slug":"hobart-herd-devotional-psalms-34-6-4-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3377","title":{"rendered":"Hobart Herd Devotional – Psalms 34 – 6-4-20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 34 \u2013\n6-4-20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   \u201cO magnify the Lord with me, and let us\nexalt His name together!\u201d  This Psalm is\na treasure of praise, worship and honor for the truth of God\u2019s presence with\nus.  \u201cI sought the Lord and He heard me,\nand delivered me from all my fears.\u201d(vs. 3-4) \nWhat a reminder to know that as I worship the Lord, He then removes my\nfears.  I need that truth today!  This Psalm was written by David as he was\ndelivered from the hand of King Achish in 1 Samuel 21.  David ran from Saul for 10 years and God\ncontinually delivered him from Saul and people who tried to take advantage of him.  David actually faked being crazy in order to\navoid the jealousy and anger of King Achish. \nGod protected and provided for David and his army in miraculous ways for\nthose 10 years before Saul was killed and David took his rightful place on the\nthrone of Israel.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Another gem of truth is found in Psalms\n34:8, O taste and see that the LORD is good; how blessed is the man who takes\nrefuge in Him!(NAS)  David is fed by the\n\u201cBread of the Presence\u201d in 1 Samuel 21:6 as is was replaced daily.  The priest Ahimelech gave it to David in his\nhunger from running from Saul.  David\nknew that the Lord would provide and knew the taste of the Lord\u2019s\ngoodness.  I have seen the Lord\u2019s\nprovision and tasted His goodness in my own life, and I am sure you have as\nwell.  There is the challenge of keeping\nyour tongue from evil, and your lips from deceit.(Psalms 34:13)  We need this maybe more than anything in our\nworld today!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Maybe the most important truth in our\nworship and honor of the Lord today is found in verses 18-19, 18    The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, and\nsaves those who are crushed in spirit.  19         Many are the afflictions of the\nrighteous; but the LORD delivers him out of them all.(NAS)  My heart breaks for the many people around me\nwhose heart is broken and their spirit crushed. \nThe only answer to the cry of their heart is to trust in the Lord\u2019s\nability to deliver them from all of the afflictions and troubles that surround\nthem and replace it with a heart of healing and joy in worship.  For all those who take refuge and trust in\nthe Lord, there is deliverance and redemption for their souls.(vs.22)  \u201cThere is therefore NO CONDEMNATION to those\nwho are in Christ Jesus!\u201d(Romans 8:1)  O\nMagnify the Lord with me today!<\/strong>   Father, You\nalone deserve to be magnified for Your Deliverance, Redemption, and Healing\npower in my life.  Help me like David to\ntaste and see Your goodness surrounding my life.  When things are at there worst around me,\nremind me to worship You and allow Your presence and power in my life to change\nand heal my heart.  In Jesus Name,\nAmen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 34 \u2013 6-4-20    \u201cO magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together!\u201d  This Psalm is a treasure of praise, worship and honor for the truth of God\u2019s presence with us.  …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[142],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3378,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3377\/revisions\/3378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}