{"id":3399,"date":"2020-06-09T17:20:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T00:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3399"},"modified":"2020-06-09T17:21:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T00:21:31","slug":"hobart-herd-devotionals-psalms-36-38-6-6-6-8-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3399","title":{"rendered":"Hobart Herd Devotionals Psalms 36-38 – 6-6\/6-8-20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 36 \u2013\n6-6-20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   What is the difference between sin and\ntransgression?  Many of us sin by\nignorance of the law, or unthinkingly acting or saying something that is\nhurtful or harmful.  But transgression in\nHebrew signifies willful deviation from, and therefore rebellion against, the\npath of godly living.(from Vine’s Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

David starts off this\noracle by using the word \u201cpesha\u2019\u201d, revolt, rebellion or transgression to\ndescribe the heart of the wicked.  Verses\n1-4 tell us of what the wicked heart looks and acts like.  Here is the list, it starts with no fear of\nGod, conceited self flattery concerning their wickedness, crooked or deceitful\nspeech, lacking the wisdom to do good, dreams plans of evil, and walks the path\nunwilling to turn from evil.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Like most of the Psalms, there is the\ncontrast of the goodness of the Lord towards the upright in heart in verses\n5-10.  It starts where we all need to\nstart with the vast loving-kindness of the Lord.  Psalms 36:5-6, 5   Thy lovingkindness, O LORD,\nextends to the heavens, Thy faithfulness {reaches} to the skies.  6  Thy\nrighteousness is like the mountains of God; Thy judgments are {like} a great\ndeep. O LORD, Thou preservest man and beast.(NAS)  Immediately in my mind comes the words from\nthe great hymn, \u201cO the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus, vast unmeasured, boundless,\nfree!  Rolling as a mighty ocean in its\nfullness over me\u201d.  David bursts into\nworship as precious loving-kindness of the Lord that provides refuge and\nstrength \u201cin the shadow of His wings\u201d. \nThe abundance of the Living water is refreshing and filled with His\ndelight.  The Fountain of life and light of\nthe Lord is what we want to live and see. \n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   This section ends with a prayer : Psalms 36:10      O continue Thy lovingkindness to those who\nknow Thee, and Thy righteousness to the upright in heart.(NAS)  This prayer includes the request that I not\nlet pride and wickedness drive me away from the lovingkindness and\nrighteousness of the Lord.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, when I see the wicked rebellion of\nthe world I live in, I am driven to nestle in Your lovingkindness towards\nme.  I recognize that I still have a\nsinful nature that draws me to willful rebellion against You.  I desperately want to be refreshed by the\nLiving Water of Your Spirit and walk in Your Life and Light.  O Lord, continue Your lovingkindness and\nrighteousness to me.  May I be upright\nbefore You in mind, heart, and action. \nIn Jesus Name, Amen!  Pastor Rob <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 37 \u2013\n6-7-20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   This Psalm is very precious to me as it\ncontains my life verse: \u201cDelight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the\ndesires of your heart.\u201d(Psalms 37:4)  The\nfirst message that I ever preached in Homiletics class in Bible School was from\nPsalms 37:3-7.  The 4 main points were:\nTrust, Delight, Commit, and Rest.  These\ntruths have come back to help me many times in my 40 plus years of preaching\nand teaching.  So many times I have been\ndiscouraged and ready to quit only to be reminded that I can trust, delight,\ncommit and rest in the Lord.  It is His\nWord, Life, and Gospel that I am called to preach and the results are in His\nhand.  He truly is the Lord of the\nHarvest!  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   This long chapter is a reminder that we\ndon\u2019t need to fret when it seems like the wicked are winning.  As I walk with the Lord I see the Lord\u2019s\nfaithfulness in bringing about His righteous punishment on the evil of this\nworld.  Verse 8 reminds me not to get\nangry and upset over the seeming victories of the evil wickedness of my world,\nbut trust that the Lord will make it right. \nOver and Over these verses talk about how the plots and plans of the\nwicked are turned around against them. \nGod laughs at their futile attempts to put Him down and destroy His\nplans.  It reminds me of Satan\u2019s plan to\nkill the Messiah\/Savior and thus destroy God\u2019s plan of redemption of sinful\nman.  How did that work out for\nSatan?  God used him to put His Son on\nthe Cross and in so doing provide the sacrifice for the sins of all mankind and\nthe Eternal life through His resurrection power that brings us salvation.  I can put my trust in the finished work of\nthe Lord Jesus Christ, asking forgiveness and repenting of my sin, I can have\neternal life.  So the very destructive\nacts of Satan in the Crucifixion, God used to bring me eternal life.  Never think that Satan and sin will win\nout.  God will use their own wickedness\nand its consequences to bring them all to justice and judgment.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Psalms\n37:38-40, 38   But transgressors will be altogether destroyed;\nthe posterity of the wicked will be cut off. \n39  But the salvation of the\nrighteous is from the LORD; He is their strength in time of trouble.  40  And\nthe LORD helps them, and delivers them; He delivers them from the wicked, and\nsaves them, because they take refuge in Him.(NAS)  These verses sum up the end results of our\nFaithful God.  Praise God He Help,\nDelivers, Saves and provides refuge and strength for in our times of trouble.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, thank You that I can Trust, Delight,\nCommit, and Rest in You.  I can never\nthank you enough for providing me with redemption, forgiveness, salvation and\neternal life through the death, burial and resurrection of Your Son the Lord\nJesus Christ.  May I learn to not allow\nthe frustration and anger against the wickedness to overwhelm my heart and\nattitude.  Your faithfulness is new every\nmorning, and I can trust in You to bring victory and justice.  In Jesus Name, Amen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 38 \u2013\n6-8-20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   I would love to be able to say that the\nPsalms only have worship, praise, and glory to celebrate together in the\nLord.  Psalms 38 reminds me that the pain\nand misery of sin and the punishment for sin by the Lord is something that I cannot\ngloss over, or simply ignore and try to forget. \nSin is serious business to a holy God and He cannot allow it to go\nunpunished.  If we believer that God will\njudge a sinful world, why do we think that we can sin and not suffer the\nconsequences.  The only difference is\nthat we have a God that we can turn to for forgiveness and restoration of\nrelationship with Him and others.  But\nfirst we must deal with repentance and confession of sin for the blood of\nChrist to cover our sin and bring healing. \nThis chapter is full of the confession and pain of repentance from\nsin.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   There are many word pictures used to\ndescribe the pain of sin: arrows sunk deep in our flesh, drowning in iniquity,\nthe pain and puss of infection, the sickness that sinks into your bones,\ninability to stand upright and walk, heart breaking emotional and physical\npain.  All these are found in the\ndescription of the affects of sin on our lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is even the\nshunning of friends and loved ones as our sin changes how we love and relate\nwith each other.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   So how does the pain of sin change and turn\naround in our lives?  It starts with\nfinding hope and trust in a God of forgiveness. \n Psalms 38:15   For I hope in Thee, O LORD; Thou wilt answer,\nO Lord my God.(NAS)  When we know that we\ncan trust in the Lord to hear, answer, and forgive then we can confess and\nrepent.(vs. 18)  Finally, we can trust in\nthe Lord to not leave us or forsake us as He accepts the payment of Christ\u2019s\nblood as the atoning sacrifice for my sin. \nI can remember as a boy who was punished with spanking for my\ndisobedience, the closer you were to the one who was spanking, the less the\nblow hurt.  When we turn to God in\nconfession and repentance, there is the pain of punishment and consequences,\nbut in return there is the forgiveness that lets me know that the Lord has not\nforsaken me and is present with me providing help and strength to live in the\npower and joy of my salvation.  Psalms\n38:21-22, 21  Do not forsake me, O LORD;\nO my God, do not be far from me! 22        Make\nhaste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!(NAS)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, thank You for being my Loving\nFather, who punishes me for my sin. \nWhere would I be if it were not for Your loving hand of discipline in my\nlife.  I need to remember the pain of sin\nin order to be quick to confess, repent and find Your quick and lasting\nforgiveness.  Today I repent of my sins\nof disobedience and omission.  Help me to\nwalk close to You so I will be quick to turn to You for help.  In Jesus Name, Amen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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