{"id":3813,"date":"2020-09-14T16:10:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T23:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3813"},"modified":"2020-09-14T16:11:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T23:11:10","slug":"hobart-herd-devotional-108-110","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hobart-community-church.org\/?p=3813","title":{"rendered":"Hobart Herd Devotional – 108-110"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hobart Herd Devotional \u2013 108-110<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   This great Psalm of thanksgiving is opened\nwith our hearts and souls being firmly established, being firmly anchored\n(Vine\u2019s) in worship, praise and thanksgiving for God\u2019s faithfulness, mercy,\nlove, singing and making music to the Lord.(vs. 1-4)  I was challenged with the thought of having\nmy heart fixed, cemented, firmly anchored in the Lord.  Do I really worship Him with my soul, or am I\njust doing lip service?  I have the\nprivilege of spending time with my 3 yr. old grandson and listening to him\nsing.  It becomes very evident that being\nin tune is of little importance right now, but oh does he sing from his heart\nand soul.  Even the words aren\u2019t always\nright, but there is no doubt it comes from his very being.  So many times I am so concerned with the\nnotes, harmony and sound that I fail to sing from my heart.  The whole world should know that my worship\nand praise comes from my soul.  In verses\n3-5 we find the worship chorus, \u201cBe Exalted, Oh God\u201d.  We often start our service with this chorus\nas we prepare \u201cfix\u201d our hearts on Him singing from our souls a song of\nthanksgiving, honor and praise.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   David is calling on God to save, deliver and\nshow His lovingkindness and power for all of Israel.  David cared and cried for the unity of the\ntribes in their worship and obedience to the Lord.  God answered His cry as He allowed David to\nbring the greatest unity, power and subjugation of their enemies in all the\nhistory of Israel.  Only when Christ\nreturns and sets up His kingdom will Israel realize a greater control of the\nPromised Land.  While this only came with\ngreat struggle and many battles where God came through for David and Israel,\nverses 12-13 reveal the faith of David in God\u2019s victory and assistance in\novercoming the enemy.   Psalms 108:12-13,\n12  \nOh give us help against the adversary, for deliverance by man is in\nvain.  13 \nThrough God we shall do valiantly; and it is He who will tread down our\nadversaries.(NAS)  We should never forget\nthat it is God that gives us the victory and power to do valiantly and bring\ndeliverance from our enemies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   There is another great connection that the\nLord brought to my heart, and that is the connection between the worship of the\nsoul in praise and thanksgiving, and the victory and deliverance of the Lord\nover the enemy.  We will only have\nvictory as we worship and have faith in God\u2019s ability to have love, mercy,\nforgiveness as we \u201cfix\u201d our hearts and souls on Him.  Worship and Warfare are connected, and we\nwill only see God\u2019s help and deliverance as we reconnect and \u201cfix\u201d our heart,\nsoul, and eyes on Him! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, many times in the battles of this\nworld I lose sight of the connection of worship and warfare.  Forgive me for only crying \u201chelp\u201d and not\nsinging praise and thanksgiving to You. \nThank You for providing the deliverance from sin and the power over our\nadversaries as I fix my heart on You.  In\nJesus Name, Amen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalms 109<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a loving husband of\n40+ years, I can assure you that there is nothing more frightening than a\nsilent wife!  While I am joking about my\nwife, there truly is nothing worse than a silent God.  In our personal walk with the Lord, we strive\ndaily to hear from Him through His Word as the Holy Spirit communicates love\nand convicts us of sin as He leads us into His truth.  As a pastor, I pray continually for God to\nspeak to me through His Word so that I have the Spirit\u2019s truth and power in\nsharing His Word with my congregation and community.  In Psalms 109, David finds himself in the\nfrightening situation of facing his accusers and enemies without the reassuring\nsound and direction of God\u2019s voice.  Even\nmore so than today, David would not have had all the Scripture of God\u2019s Word,\nlike today, to read and hear the Spirit\u2019s voice.  We are so blessed to have the finished canon\nof God\u2019s Word to give us everything we need for life and godliness.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   As David faced His enemies, without the\nreassurance of God\u2019s voice of promise and blessing, he continually prayed for\nGod\u2019s justice and vengeance against those who were trying to destroy him.  In verses 2-20, David calls on God to do to\nhis enemies according to their actions and hatred against him.  One of the strengths of David\u2019s life and walk\nwith God was a faith and trust that God was a righteous and just God.  So he had no problem giving suggestions to\nGod about how He should deal with his enemies. \nFrom death to poverty and the end of future posterity, David calls on\nGod to judge and avenge him.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   In verses 21-31 David calls on God to hear\nhim and answer his prayers for care, lovingkindness and deliverance.(vs.\n21)  In verses 22-26 David lists the\nweakness of his heart, knees, and overall strength.  He asks that the enemy may see that God has\nlifted him up, helped him, and saved him according to God\u2019s lovingkindness.  Psalms 109:27 \nAnd let them know that this is Thy hand; Thou, LORD, hast done\nit.(NAS)  Often I fail to remember that\nGod wants to work on my behalf as I allow the enemy to know that it is the hand\nof God that works on my behalf, not my power with a little of God\u2019s\nassistance.  Psalms 109:30-31, 30       \nWith my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD; and in the\nmidst of many I will praise Him.  31  For He stands at the right hand of the needy,\nto save him from those who judge his soul.(NAS) \nMay the world know from my mouth that it is the Lord Who stands by me\nand has made me Who I am in Him.  Praise\nGod He never remains silent for long, but always has a Word from His Word\ndirected by His Spirit to lift me from the discouragement and depression caused\nby the enemy.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, most times when You seem silent, it\nis because my mouth is moving so much that I can not see the answer from Your\nSpirit through the Word of God.  I have\nmany directions to give You, but refuse to listen intently to Your directions\nfound in Your Word!  Help me to wait\npatiently in silence, listening, so that I can see with eyes of faith Your\ndirections for me.  In Jesus Name, Amen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Psalms 110<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 This is one of the\nGreatest prophetic Psalms in all of Scripture. \nIt is a Psalm of David as he is given a prophetic glimpse of God\u2019s\nfulfillment of the promise of David\u2019s throne ruling forever over all Israel and\nthe world.  It is a picture of the\nfulfillment of prophecy for David and all God\u2019s children in the sending of the\nMessiah to set this world right for all eternity.  Psalms 110:1 \nThe LORD says to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand, until I make Thine\nenemies a footstool for Thy feet.”(NAS) \nIt is a picture of the conversation between God the Father, and God the\nSon as they discuss the eternal plan for the establishment of David\u2019s eternal\nthrone, and the salvation and reigning in righteousness and peace for all\neternity.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Jesus, Himself quotes this verse as He\nexplains to the disciples and people that He is both, Son of God, Messiah, and\nSavior of the World.(Mark 12:35-37)  In\nMatthew 22:42-46, Jesus ask the Pharisees, Who the Christ, Messiah, is?  They answer, the son of David.  And Jesus quotes Psalm 110:1 to prove to them\nthat He is both Messiah, the Christ, and the Son of God!  The disciples got the message as the first\nsermon preached by Peter, after the Holy Spirit came and resided in them, used\nthis passage as the key verses to prove to the Jewish people that they had\ntruly crucified the Messiah, Savior.  The\ngreat thing was that He had risen from the dead to was seated at the right hand\nof God providing salvation, mediation and right relationship with God for all\nwho would repent of their sin and put their faith and trust in Him.(Acts\n2:32-39)  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   The other great prophetic truth that comes\nto us is found in verse 4: \u201cThe LORD has sworn and will not change His mind,\n“Thou art a priest forever according to the order of\nMelchizedek.”(NAS)  In Genesis 14 we\nfind the account of Abram fighting the kings of the area who had taken captive\nLot, his nephew.  God gave Abram a great\nvictory and King of Salem (peace) and Priest of the Most High God, Melchizedek\ncame out with food and wine, blessing Abram as God\u2019s chosen people.  In Genesis 14:19-20 we are told that Abram\ngave a tenth, a tithe, of the spoils to Melchizedek recognizing him as God\u2019s\npriest and king.  Hebrews 7 builds on\nthis and explains that in Jesus Christ we have both Priest and King brought\ntogether so that the sacrifice for sin and the Ruler of the universe could be\nours in Christ Jesus, providing for the eternal kingdom and eternal life\npromised all those who put their faith and trust in Jesus. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   I know that this is a lot of information to\ntake in, but I want to end by saying that verses 4-7 concentrate on the\npromises of Jesus Christ reigning as King over all the earth, nations and\neternal kingdom forever.  What a great\ntruth to hold on to and put your faith and trust in during this time of chaos\nand trouble.  Just know that God\u2019s\neternal plan was completed in Jesus Christ, and our hope is in Him!  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Father, thank You for this precious passage\nreminding me of the coming of my Lord and King, Jesus Christ.  Thank You that in Christ I can trust in the\nGreat High Priest and the coming King to bring about Your eternal plan for my\nlife.  May I never lose the awe and\nwonder that You were thinking of me and providing for my salvation and\neternity.  In Jesus Name, Amen!  Pastor Rob<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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