{"id":3425,"date":"2020-06-11T14:21:46","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T21:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3425"},"modified":"2020-06-11T14:21:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T21:21:59","slug":"hobart-herd-devotional-psalms-40-6-10-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3425","title":{"rendered":"Hobart Herd Devotional – Psalms 40 – 6-10-20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 40 \u2013\n6-10-20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   This Psalm is unique in that it starts off\nwith thanksgiving and praise and then moves to a prayer of petition.  Psalms 40:1-3, 1 <\/sup>  I waited patiently for the Lord; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

he\ninclined to me and heard my cry. 2 <\/sup>  He drew me up from the pit of destruction, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

out of the\nmiry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. 3 <\/sup>\nHe put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and\nfear, and put their trust in the Lord.(ESV) \nThis is a song of testimony of how the Lord hears our cries and picks us\nup out of the pit of our despair, replacing it with trust and hope in the Lord.  David wanted everyone to hear the testimony\nof what the Lord had done for him and fear, reverence, glorify the Lord with\nhim.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   David was known as \u201ca man after God\u2019s own\nheart\u201d.  This was not because he was\nperfect.  David failed and paid for it\nwith a family that hated him and did not follow the Lord.  But David\u2019s testimony was this: Psalms\n40:7-8, <\/strong> <\/sup><\/strong>7 <\/sup><\/strong>       Then\nI said, \u201cBehold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me:  8 <\/sup>          I delight to do your\nwill, O my God; your law is within my heart.\u201d(ESV)  The secret to our heart seeking the way David\ndid after God is to be in His Word, knowing it, memorizing it, and obeying it\nwith delight.  Our hearts need to reveal\nand tell the truth of God\u2019s faithfulness and lovingkindness to us so that all\ncan see His Greatness!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Whenever we see our God for Who He is, we\nthen realize how far short we fall, how sinful we really are.(vs. 11-12)  This brings David to petition the Lord for\nforgiveness and deliverance from his sins.(vs. 13-16)  Then we are all returned to the heart of\nworship as we celebrate with David God\u2019s love and salvation for all who seek\nHim.(vs. 16)  Celebrate today the God who\ncares and thinks of us in our need, providing His help and deliverance.(vs. 17)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, forgive me for not testifying of\nYour greatness.  You truly have heard me\nprayers and been my Rock, Fortress, Deliverer, Helper and Savior.  May I stay in Your Word, Delighting in You\nand obeying Your will.  Thank you for\nhearing my prayers and taking care of my needs. \nIn Jesus Name, Amen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 40 \u2013 6-10-20    This Psalm is unique in that it starts off with thanksgiving and praise and then moves to a prayer of petition.  Psalms 40:1-3, 1   I waited patiently for the Lord; he …<\/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\/3425"}],"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=3425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3426,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3425\/revisions\/3426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}