Psalms 85:3-4 (KJV) A Position, A Prayer and A Purpose

Psalms 85:3-4 (KJV)
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

There is in this Psalm:
A position, what God has doneVs 1-3

A prayer, what God is doingVs 4-7

A purpose, the reason for which He is doing itVs 8-13

Positionally God’s people are:

• forgiven, 
• cleansed and 
• seated together 

with Christ in heavenly places.

We are justified.

Experientially we are all too aware of our own failing and sin.

Though God has pronounced us to be clean we are keenly aware that it is not so. We plead for Him to:

• turn us, 
• revive us and 
• be merciful to us 

because we know we need it.

We are being sanctified.

Practically we know that justification and sanctification are:

• possible, 
• effectual and 
• actual 

because “mercy and truth are met together” in the person of Jesus Christ.

We have a Saviour.

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Matthew 5:48 (KJV) Bull’s Eye!

Matthew 5:48 (KJV)
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. 

Romans 3:23 says For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. The word sinned is defined as missing the mark. Picture an archer’s target. The mark is the bull’s-eye. Most of us would think that hitting anywhere on the target would be acceptable. Not so according to the definition of sin. Sin is to miss the bull’s-eye.

The Pharisees were the best-known people of their day for practicing righteousness. They worked hard at it. They had disciplined themselves toward it. They held each other accountable for it, but they were not perfectly capable of it. They could hit the target as it were. They probably could hit the target better than anyone else alive in their day. But they did not hit the bull’s-eye. They were not perfect.

Jesus set before His hearers a difficult ideal; their righteousness must exceed that of the Pharisees. No, He set before than an impossible one, they were to be perfect as their Father in heaven is perfect. That is exactly what God promises in 2 Corinthians 5:21
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

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Psalms 81:12 (KJV) Lust Filled Hearts

Psalms 81:12 (KJV)
So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

It was grace that prevented Adam and Eve from re-entering the Garden and eating of the tree of life. Even so, the grace of God prevents us from following after the lusts of our own hearts. There is nothing stingy that God would keep us from sin. There is nothing cruel that God restrains our passion. On the contrary, to be let go. To be given up to the lusts of our hearts is the greatest of judgments.

In the last days God with remove His restraint from this world. Antichrist will be given free reign and men will freely follow him. These will be the worst days the world has ever known.

Note however that it is not God that gives them such lust filled hearts. That is of their own doing. He merely frees them to follow after those lusts.

To be surrendered to God is a great blessing.

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Matthew 3:1 (KJV) What Days They Were

Matthew 3:1 (KJV)
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

What wonderful days those days were.

• Jesus had reached Maturity 
• John the Baptist was prepared for his ministry 
• God the Father’s own fullness of times had come

In those days:

• Rome had occupied Israel 
• The Jews had turned their faith into idolatry and
• The world had become open with roads and commerce

In those days:

• God introduced to mankind the Messiah He promised so many of thousands of years before 
• The world would be forever changed by the message John was about to preach and
• Salvation from sin would become a reality at Calvary.

The world changed in those days when one man stepped out of obscurity to do God’s will.

What days they were!

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Psalms 77:4 (KJV) To Sleep or Not To Sleep

Psalms 77:4 (KJV)
Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

Another Psalmist said “I will both lay me down in peace and sleep…”[1] To the one was sweet peace and rest given. From the other the same was kept.

I am reminded to be careful of putting God into a box of my choice and preference. I enjoy sweet rest. Others do not. I must be careful that I do not judge the others as not having the same Spirit of God as I. God deals with each of us as He wills.

• God allowed Herod to slay James with the sword. 
• God led Peter away free from the same fate and at the same time. 
• God was not more pleased with Peter than James.

Each man lives of himself before God. Our duty is not to insist that anyone else walk with God as we wish them to but to encourage them in their walk with God.

• One will remain awake all night burdened for the souls of others
• Another will sleep peacefully assured that God will care for their souls

Both are correct and both are needed.

[1] Psalms 4:8 (KJV)
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

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Psalms 75:1 (KJV) Coming Soon Near You

Psalms 75:1 (KJV)
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph. Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.

When the Bible references God’s name it is often a reference not only to God himself but to Jesus. In terms that are foreign to my manner of speech, Cambridge Bible Notes says that God’s name is “the compendious expression for His Being as it is revealed to men.”

This passage says that God’s works declare that His name is near. I suggest that not only does the hand of God at work in our lives prove to us that God is near at hand but that the carrying out of God’s plan in the world is a sign pointing to the soon and near coming of Jesus Christ.

God’s promise, and the thing Christians have looked for since Jesus was taken up to heaven in Acts chapter one, is His return in like manner as He was taken up from them in their sight.

The wondrous works of God declare that coming to be near.

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Psalms 73:18 (KJV) Special FX

Psalms 73:18 (KJV)
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.

The other day I saw a little video designed to demonstrate the power of editing work.[1] It had a child, maybe 3 or 4 climbing on the edge of baby bed rail. We’ve all seen children do it. But in an instant the scene changed and that baby had climbed precariously out on the edge of a skyscraper. The next scene had a child playing in a park feature shaped like a boat and in the next instant the boat was in storm tossed seas. Over and over the child was shown first playing as any child would and instantly the scene was transfigured into a terrifying moment.

I think that fairly represents how the Psalmist pictured the ungodly of this world. They appear to be lifted up to high and lofty places. They seem to be prosperous and successful. Both the ungodly and, very often, the believer see them as having outdone the world. But when the Psalmist put on the perspective of God’s Word he saw an entirely different picture.

Though the devil has edited the lives of the ungodly to make them appear

• Happy and 
• Successful and 
• Prosperous 

they are, in reality, playing on slippery ground. Below them looms destruction, death and despair. They have climbed the ladder of worldliness but God has allowed them there for their fall.

The tricks and tactics of the world the flesh and the devil may make it look as if the ungodly are winning in this world but it is only a parlor trick. Christians must wear the lenses of the Word of God to see truth as truth truly is.

[1] View the video here.

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Psalms 71:17-18 (KJV) Duty to Declare

Psalms 71:17-18 (KJV)
O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come.

I notice that the Psalmist’s concern for the word of God and his duty to declare it is threefold:

He had declared itHe had been taught the Word from his youth and from his youth had declared what he learned. None of us are responsible for anything but what we have learned except that we could be said to be responsible to learn.

He was declaring itNow as an older man the Psalmist could see that many in his generation had still not heard. Time may have seemed of the essence. He could not help but keep up his work but he knew as only an older and wiser man can, that he needed God’s help and blessing.

He would declare itThere was a generation before him and there would be another generation to come. The older man realizes a responsibility to those who come later as well as those who are present.

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Psalms 69:1 (KJV) Emotion Allowed

Psalms 69:1 (KJV)
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

Many years ago now I invited a preacher to hold a week of meetings at the church I pastored. He brought with him a young man maybe 19 years old. He was attempting to mentor the young man for ministry. As such, he discussed with the young “Timothy” his devotions each morning. One morning when he inquired what he had gotten out of his devotional time the younger man remarked, “It was just David whining again.”

I have never forgotten that and it comes to mind nearly every time I read through the Psalms. I consider the young man’s response:

• Irreverent of God’s Word and not well thought out. 
• Not long after that young man turned completely against the Lord. 
• Indicative of an American attitude 

Americans don’t like losers, downers, depressed people and whiners. We see ourselves as winners and view America as the land of opportunity to everyone who will pull themselves up by the bootstraps and make it happen.

I do not want to say I enjoy whiners or that I want to be one. I do want to say that there was a good reason God allowed David periods of such deep depression. We would understand the Psalms much better if we would at least acknowledge that such feelings exist in ourselves sometimes. We would be so much more compassionate as ministers to others if we would grapple with the emotions David wrestles with in the Psalms.

One of David’s concerns was that his depth of despairs not turn others away from God. It is legitimate for us to possess the same concern. On the other hand David plainly declared that his depths were the result of his wholly following after God. We must not refuse complete surrender because we refuse this potential term.

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Psalms 68:20 (KJV) The Difference Between Gods

Psalms 68:20
He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.

He that is our GodAs opposed to the false gods of the pagans, heathen and Gentiles. There is a difference.

Is the God of salvationPeople worship for salvation. Some want salvation from the elements. Some desire salvation from an enemy. The wisest realize they need salvation from the curse and wages of sin. In any case it is only the true and living God who can save.

Unto God the Lord belong the issues of death

• Why we die, 
• When we die, 
• Under what circumstances we die and even 
• Whether we die 

are all issues completely in the hands of the Almighty God.

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Psalms 66:16 (KJV) God’s Specific Call

Psalms 66:16 (KJV)
Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.

Here is a call to a specific people, those who fear God. It may be taken a couple  of different ways:

That the Psalmist is calling only those who fear God (evangelistically)There are some respects in which we, as believers invite everyone knowing that we only invite those who fear God. God has worked in certain hearts. There are people who have been prepared by God to hear. We preach God’s Word so that they may hear.

That only those who fear God will come (theologically)There is no skill or special power a person has that can make s person come and hear unless the one who comes has a reason to do so. I know we can get a person to come to a service by offering them some benefit but we cannot make them hear. They listen because they have an interest to listen. I would say that interest is a kind of “fear” of the Lord.

That those who fear should come (practically)This then is an issue of obedience. If there is a fear of the Lord, that beginning of wisdom then you ought to come and hear what God is doing for souls.

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Psalms 63:1 (KJV) How To Find Your God

Psalms 63:1 (KJV)
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

The Psalmist declares God to be his God and proceeds from there to describe his reaction because of it:

He will seek God earlyGod will be the priority of his day and the first he will consult in the issues of life. It’s more than a rule for him. It is his nature and desire.

His relationship with God is both private and corporateVs 2
He has met with God in the sanctuary and at home.

He brings praise to GodVs 3-5
It’s joyful, it’s expressive and it is consistent as a matter of life.

As he began so he ends his dayVs 6
As he pillows his head, his thoughts are of God.

I wonder who (or what) would be our God if we should use these as the markers that point Him out?

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Revelation 17:1 (KJV) Between The Two

Revelation 17:1 (KJV)
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

What a contrast is presented in this chapter. The chapter begins a series of final judgments upon unbelievers. It culminates in

• the beast 
• the false prophet
• the devil and 
• all who have followed them 

being destroyed from the earth and cast eternally into torment. Yet this chapter starts out by saying that one of those judging angels:

• Approached John
• Talked with him and then
• Took him alongside to view these final events

The phrased “talked with me” suggests something more intimate and friendly than that he just gave him information. There is partnership and comradeship.

And so we see the disparity between the believer and unbeliever. The one is in fellowship with the plan of God. The other is at enmity with it.

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Psalms 62:2 (KJV) Still Standing

Psalms 62:2 (KJV)
He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.

When I was in Bible College I got a job working for a guy named Buster Henning. We did handyman jobs primarily but once in a while we would do something on a little bit larger scale. One job was a complete roof tear down and re-roof. It included tearing down an old chimney. Buster was afraid of heights so most of that work fell on me. Those times he did climb up there with me we would jokingly sing the hymn, “I Shall Not Be Moved.” Neither of us wanted to be moved off that roof unless we were moving of our own volition.

I noted, in this passage, that David included an adjective in his statement. He said, “I shall not be greatly moved.” David was a realist. He knew that though he was set upon the rock,

• Storms would still come 
• Events would happen that would cause him to tremble and shake
• Winds would beat upon his house and threaten to bring it down

The promise of the Bible is of a safe and secure outcome, not a trip without bumps. We, who are believers, will be moved. We will have periods of doubt and times when we wonder if our lashings are sound. The promise is not for a life without some difficulty. David knew all about that. The promise of the Word of God, and the one David claimed, was for a foundation that would stand despite the difficulties.

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Psalms 59:16 (KJV) Find Your Voice

Psalms 59:16 (KJV)
But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble.

The title of the Psalm says that it was written on the occasion when Saul sent messengers to David’s house to kill him, once he arose the next morning. Whether this Psalm was written that very night or at some later moment as David reflected upon the evening, it is impossible to tell.

David here says that he would sing of God’s power and sing aloud of His mercy in the morning.

The one is a song of comfort and assurance.It is meant to cheer and encourage in a difficult spot.

The other is a song of celebration and rejoicing.It was sung as an act of thanksgiving for God’s help in the night.

I am reminded of those believers who met in secret for fear of death. Though they surely sang they would not have sung aloud. They could never have afforded to “raise the roof” with their voices. A song sung quietly, perhaps under the breath would be sufficient to give cheer and courage. There came a day, however, when those same believers were free to worship in the open. Gradually, over the course of a few decades, they found their voice and began to sing aloud. God had preserved them through their troubles.

God’s presence is a strengthening and sustaining joy in times of goodness and trial. Whether the song must be sung quietly or may be sung with gusto, the purpose is to draw our hearts to God. He is our defense, refuge and strength.

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Psalms 57:1 (KJV) They Will Pass

Psalms 57:1 (KJV)
To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave. Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.

The superscript of this Psalm tells us that it was written by David while he hiding in a cave from King Saul.

I imagine David in this difficult situation, pulling out writing tools. He has followers with him, probably not all of them or else it would be difficult if not impossible to hide, but some, no doubt, were there. They are probably being very still and very quiet. They are also probably very alert. But David’s mind was on God. His was more than an “O God help me.” Sort of thing, he was focused clearly enough to compose his thought, hear from God (he is penning words inspired if God) and record them in such a way as to preserve them.

And in the midst of all this he records assuredly that “these calamities” will at some point be “overpast.”

One of the great confidences of the person who trusts God is that calamities pass. God upholds and sustains His own until their calamities be overpast. They will not last forever and God will be with us in the middle of them.

• Trust God 
• Take heart 
• Keep pressing on in faith.

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Psalms 55:1 (KJV) God Never Forsakes Us

Psalms 55:1 (KJV)
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication.

This Psalm has aspects that are ascribed to Christ and are clearly rightly so. But there are also aspects that may easily be applied to any believer seeking God in prayer and supplication.

Often are those times in life when prayer is our only recourse. In those times, the silence of God can seem like He is hiding Himself from us. In the most desperate of times it seems to us that God not only tarries his answer or is slow in visiting but that He is actively withholding Himself. An answer desperately needed and not swiftly supplied seems like a stroke against rather than no stroke at all.

Here we may return the Psalm to its Messianic modality and find personal comfort. Though it seemed as if God had hidden from Christ, we know it not to be the case.

• God’s love for Christ never failed
• God’s plan for Christ never faltered and 
• God’s hand on the circumstances never moved
  

When we feel like God is hiding we need only remember Christ and realize our God never leaves us or forsakes us. This must certainly mean He has not hidden from us.

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Revelation 13:4 (KJV) Worship Defined Biblically

Revelation 13:4 (KJV)
And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

We have a lesson (from the negative perspective) here as to what The Apostle John believed was worship. The Bible says these people worshipped the beast you saying two things:

• Who is like unto the beast?
• Who is able to make war with him?

First, they put him first.They hold the beast in such awe and reverence that they can see no one or no thing that compares. They challenge others to search out one like him, one that is His equal.

Second, they magnify his mightThey can see no one or nothing as strong as he. They could not imagine a being foolish enough to take him on in battle. They obviously think less than this of the living God because they will take Him on in battle in the not too distant future.

I am not suggesting that this is all worship is. It also includes prostrating before Him. However, these are two significant aspects of worship: having no gods before Him and having absolute surrender to Him.

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Revelation 12:6 (KJV) A Place and a People for Protection

Revelation 12:6 (KJV)
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

The Praetorist sees this passage as having been fulfilled at the Roman conquest of Jerusalem in 70 AD. I see this passage as having a future fulfillment during the seven-year Tribulation, an event that is preceded by the rapture of all believers off the earth; the next prophetic event in God’s final dealings with this current world.

Having said that, there are still applications that may be legitimately extrapolated for our present benefit. Notice that the woman, as fiercely persecuted as she was, had a place prepared for her. God knew of her trials (I speak as if this has already taken place when in fact it is yet to take place) and had prepared for her a place of protection. Notice too that there were there those who would feed and provide for her. The Bible does not reveal who the “they” is. Perhaps it is because the “they” has been different peoples in different periods providing for believers facing many different sorts of tribulations.

• When hunted by the Catholics, Luther found shelter among the German Baptists. 
• Those same Baptists found shelter from Luther when he turned upon them. 
• Baptists in England found shelter in Holland. 
• Baptists in Massachusetts found shelter in Rhode Island. 
• Baptists in the newly formed United States found shelter in the reasoned positions of men like Madison and Jefferson.

Just as God opened the door for David to flee, of all places, to Gath for shelter, He has

always had a place prepared for His remnant and a people willing to feed them when they needed it most. This protection and provision continues into the Tribulation. We may be confident that it exists for us still.

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Psalms 49:6-8 (KJV) Richly Redeemed

Psalms 49:6-8 (KJV)

They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;

None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him:

(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

There is only One whose wealth is sufficient to redeem His brother. It is Jesus Christ the Lord.

• The Bible speaks of the wealth of God His silver and His gold
• He owes the cattle on a thousand hills
• He has no need of our building Him a temple because the earth is His footstool. 

Did you catch that? God says that the earth is His footstool. It is a small piece within the house of God. It is the most insignificant of pieces of His furniture. It is something He uses, as it were, to recline His feet. (Yet there is something significant in that - the footstool, though small among the pieces of furniture is cherished and oft used.)

But our Lord doesn't redeem us with these riches. He redeems us with the riches of mercy and of grace. He redeems us by the precious and inexhaustible blood of the Lamb of God. We are bought through the gospel and kept in the eternal life and work of Christ.

Man could never redeem his brother even if he were to become moved with compassion enough to try. God loves us to such a degree that:

• He became our brother
• He is moved with such compassion to redeem His brother's soul
• He has riches sufficient to redeem all who call upon Him for redemption.

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Psalms 49:6-8 (KJV) Richly Redeemed

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