{"id":3672,"date":"2020-07-31T16:11:04","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T23:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3672"},"modified":"2020-07-31T16:11:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T23:11:14","slug":"hobart-herd-devotional-81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3672","title":{"rendered":"Hobart Herd Devotional – 81"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 81<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   One of the joys of summer is the age old\ntradition of a camping trip.  For the\nChildren of Israel, they yearly came together in the Feast of Tabernacles,\nbuilding shelters and camping for a week to celebrate God bringing them out of\nEgypt and the desert travel to the Promised Land.  You think a church campout was a big deal,\nthe whole nation would come together to worship and praise God for bringing\nthem out of slavery and into the land that He had promised Abraham.(Deuteronomy\n16:16)  They were commanded by God\u2019s Law\nto come together to worship and bring praise to their God!(vs. 1-4)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   They celebrated the testimony of Joseph\nbrought in as a slave and lifted by God\u2019s hand to become the very top leader in\nEgypt under Pharaoh.  Whenever Israel\ncalled in trouble, God rescued them.  He\nprotected at them and provided water from the Rock, and Manna from heaven.  He led them with the thunder of His presence,\nthe cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night.(vs. 7)  As I look over my life, I can see the\npresence, provision, and guidance of the Lord over and over again.    <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   The real problem was Israel\u2019s refusal to\nlisten to God\u2019s admonishment; Psalms 81:8-9, 8    “Hear,\nO My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to me!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

9       “Let there be no strange god among you; nor shall you\nworship any foreign god.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes I look at\nGod\u2019s people, Israel and shake my head at the refusal to listen and obey after\nall God had done for them.  Then I think\nof my own refusal to be obedient and walk in fellowship with God and feel\nashamed for my rebellious heart.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalms 81:10,13  “I, the LORD, am your God, who brought\nyou up from the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide and I will fill it.  13  “Oh\nthat My people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in My ways!(NAS)  God\u2019s heart of love is there longing to hear\nour cries and meet our needs.  He doesn\u2019t\nenjoy our suffering and pain which are the consequences of our disobedient\nhearts.  His promise is there for us as\nwe seek Him and worship Him; Psalms 81:16        “But\nI would feed you with the finest of the wheat; and with honey from the rock I\nwould satisfy you.”(NAS)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, I want to worship You for all You\nhave done.  From my salvation, to the\nprovision and guidance in my life, You have proven Yourself over and over.  Forgive me for my disobedient and rebellious\nheart and help me to get rid of my idols and walk in Your ways.  Thank You that I can trust in Your promises\nand live by Your strength.  In Jesus\nName, Amen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 Psalms 81    One of the joys of summer is the age old tradition of a camping trip.  For the Children of Israel, they yearly came together in the Feast of Tabernacles, building shelters and camping …<\/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\/3672"}],"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=3672"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3673,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3672\/revisions\/3673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}