{"id":3471,"date":"2020-06-18T12:58:53","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T19:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3471"},"modified":"2020-06-18T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T19:59:00","slug":"hobart-herd-devotional-psalms-48-6-18-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3471","title":{"rendered":"Hobart Herd Devotional – Psalms 48 – 6-18-20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hobart Herd\nDevotional \u2013 Psalms 48 \u2013 6-18-20<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Having been to Jerusalem in the last 15\nmonths, I have a deep appreciation of the beauty and majesty of this great\ncity.  When you see the city on the hill\nwith all its glory, you begin to understand why the Israelites so desire to see\nthis city return to its glory and the glory promised by God in the future.  While the temple is no longer standing in its\nfull glory, the remains give you an idea of how great the city and the temple must\nhave been.  As I begin to preach from\nEcclesiastes in the upcoming months, I also am looking at the life of Solomon Sat\nthe glory of the temple that God allowed him to build.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   In verses 1-3 we are reminded that you can\u2019t\ncelebrate the city of God without celebrating the greatness of the God of the\ncity.  He is \u201cGreatly to be praised\u201d in His\n\u201cHoly Mountain\u201d, the city of the Great King. \nHe truly is the Fortress in our lives just as Jerusalem was the fortress\nof fortresses for God\u2019s people.  In\nverses 4-7 we are given the picture of the awe and fear of the kings of the\nearth when they came to try to destroy the city and its God.  Not just the city brought fear to the enemies\nof God\u2019s people, but the protection of God for His people has been a standard\nfor the ages.  Yes, Jerusalem has been\ndestroyed in the past, but God will keep His promise to rule and reign for\neternity from the new Jerusalem.  So\nwhile the city has been through the fire of destruction, the God of the city\nwill always be victorious in the end. \nYou don\u2019t want to be on the wrong side of God\u2019s people and Jerusalem no\nmatter how bad it seems that Satan and this world looks to be winning.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Psalms 48:9-10, 9 <\/sup>  We have thought on your steadfast love, O\nGod, in the midst of your temple. 10 <\/sup>     As your name, O God, so your praise reaches to the ends of the\nearth.  Your right hand is filled with\nrighteousness.(ESV)  As we meditate on\nthe \u201csteadfast love of God\u201d, we begin to praise Him and worship Him with a full\nheart and a loud voice of joy.  No matter\nhow bad it has been for Jerusalem through the years, God\u2019s steadfast love will\nallow His promise and presence to be seen and heard throughout the whole earth.\n Our Righteous God will make all things\nright, just and true to His eternal promise. \nAs I remember Jerusalem, I will always look to the God Who is able to\nrule and reign in His holy city forever. \n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, thank You for the picture of Your\nbeauty, faithfulness and steadfast love for Your city and Your people.  No matter how far Your people have strayed from\nYou, You have always kept a remnant and a heart of grace and love for all who\nwould come to You.  We look forward\ntogether to the glory of this great city when Your Son comes to rebuild, rule\nand reign.  In Jesus Precious Name,\nAmen!  Pastor Rob <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 48 \u2013 6-18-20       Having been to Jerusalem in the last 15 months, I have a deep appreciation of the beauty and majesty of this great city.  When you see the city on the hill …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471"}],"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=3471"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3472,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3471\/revisions\/3472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}