{"id":3660,"date":"2020-07-29T12:34:31","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T19:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3660"},"modified":"2020-07-29T12:34:37","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T19:34:37","slug":"hobart-herd-devotional-psalms-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3660","title":{"rendered":"Hobart Herd Devotional – Psalms 79"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 79<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Over and over God\u2019s people had faced the\nanger of God as they failed to keep their covenant with Him.  This Psalm was written during one of those\ntimes when they were feeling the punishment of God on their lives.  We need to remember that God\u2019s punishment for\nsin is not something that anyone wants to endure.  Praise the Lord, we don\u2019t have to worry about\nGod\u2019s wrath if we have put our faith and trust in the Lord Jesus and His New\nCovenant based on His righteousness, but God is still a loving Father who will\nnot allow His children to sin without punishment.(Hebrews 12:5-7) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   The cry of this Psalm is \u201cHow long, O Lord\u201d\nas Israel was being punished for their disobedience.  The people were being invaded, Jerusalem was\nin ruins, and the surrounding nations were laughing and scoffing at the\ncalamity that had fallen on Israel. \nTheir blood was being shed, and they didn\u2019t even have the ability to\nbury their dead.  They were truly laid\nlow by God discipline and punishment.(vs. 1-4) \nWhat sorrow and pain we endure because we refuse to repent and turn to\nGod, trusting in His forgiveness and grace. \n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   In verses 5-12 we see the plea to the Lord\nto forgive and deliver them.  There is\neven a cry that God would not hold against them the sins of their fathers.  One of the great truths of our salvation in\nChrist is that He breaks the chains of past sin.  No longer are we held under the curse of sin to\nthe third and fourth generation.  We can\nrepent and trust that our sins are removed as far as the east is from the west,\nnever to be remembered anymore.  Psalms\n103:11-12, 11  For as high as the heavens\nare above the earth, so great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.\n12  As far as the east is from the west,\nso far has He removed our transgressions from us.(NAS)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   This brings us to the wonder of His Grace\nand the thankfulness that we have as we trust in His faithfulness to all\ngenerations.  We are so blessed to be\nable to turn to Him in times of terrible pain and struggle knowing that His\ndiscipline is for a short time and His loving forgiveness and healing are just\naround the corner.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, may I never take for granted Your\nmercy and grace.  Even in the hardest\ntimes of deserved discipline, I can trust that Your lovingkindness has not\nfailed me, and nothing can separate me from Your love.  Thank You for allowing me to be Your child,\nthe sheep of Your pasture.  In Jesus\nName, Amen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 79    Over and over God\u2019s people had faced the anger of God as they failed to keep their covenant with Him.  This Psalm was written during one of those times when they were feeling …<\/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\/3660"}],"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=3660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3661,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3660\/revisions\/3661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}