Hello My Friend/Guest,
Today is
Thursday July 16, 2009 and we are continuing our studies in the book
of Psalm, please read chapters 120-131 in your Bible or Click
Here to read them online.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalm%20120-131&version=9
Today's
Message: Wait on Him
Patience is
one thing that we all lack especially when we want something to
happen, but it becomes easier to be patient when we fully realize God
never goes back on His Word and all we have do is to wait on Him.
Many of the Psalms were sung by men as they journeyed toward
Jerusalem, Law required all male Jews physically able and
ceremonially clean to go to Jerusalem three times a year to
participate in the seven feasts. “Three times
thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. Thou shalt keep the
feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven
days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib;
for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me
empty:) And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labours,
which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering,
which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy
labours out of the field. Three times in the year all thy males shall
appear before the LORD God.” - Exodus 23:14-17. Even though
some may have had to travel as much as one to three weeks to arrive
in Jerusalem, these were to be journeys of great joy. They sang with
assurance that the Lord would protect their homes and possessions
during their absence.
With confidence in the Lord's protection
on the journeys, the Israelite worshipers would sing, “I
will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My
help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. He will not
suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The
LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. The
sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The LORD
shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The
LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time
forth, and even for evermore.” - Psalm 121. The Israelite's
were taught to trust in the Lord for provisions and protection. We
are all on a journey, the things we do in life make or break us
depending on whether or not we let God be with us on that journey. He
is our guide, our shade, our protector, and all who trust Him on
their journey will reach each destination with joy and perseverance.
Christian's have frustrations and fears and it is of utmost
importance that we know how to resolve these emotional problems. God
led the psalmist to reveal the true source of help, “I
was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the
LORD. Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O
Jerusalem...............Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity
within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now
say, Peace be within thee. Because of the house of the LORD our God I
will seek thy good.” - Psalm 122:1,2,7-9. Our help comes
from God, when we surround ourselves within His walls we find peace
and the patience we need to wait for things to come to pass.
Patience is essential as we wait on God, it is only by waiting on
Him will we find redemption and hope. “I wait
for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. My soul
waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I
say, more than they that watch for the morning. Let Israel hope in
the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous
redemption. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.”
- Psalm 130:5-8. Redemption from what you may ask? Impatience and all
the frustrations that go along with it. Getting impatient with the
Lord's delay may forfeit His fulfilling your heart's desire. Just
rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him. Waiting for the Lord
is the expression of our faith in Him and allows God to deal with us
in such a way and time as He thinks best.
We have one great thing going for us
that the Israelite's did not have, Jesus. Before Jesus, God only
dwelt above the mercy seat in the Tabernacle in Jerusalem and the
only way the people could get even get close to God was by going
there. Can you imagine what it would be like today if we all had to
travel to Jerusalem in order to feel the presence of God? Even then,
we could not talk to Him face to face unless we were blessed to be a
priest or prophet. Today, through Jesus we now have the presence of
God indwelling within us every day. Now, we are God's Temple,
therefore, His walls surround us all day long. “Know
ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God
dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God
destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.”
- I Corinthians 3:16,17. Praise the Lord!
Today's Prayer:
Lord, all my frustrations and all my fears I bring to the mercy seat and leave them there. You demonstrate mercy and compassion as You become strength in place of my weakness, wisdom in place of my lack of understanding and patience in my impatient heart. I look to You, not myself or to others, for the answers to my troubles and for Spirit-directed perspective in knowing how to deal with them. I choose to trust in You, Lord and wait patiently for the things I desire. I know that You are preparing the way for me and when the time is right You will give me all the things I am in need of. In Jesus' Name.........Amen.
Have a wonderful and blessed day/night and enjoy the rest of you week.
God Bless You,
Christina
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