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"...he will hide me in the shelter of his tabernacle and set me high upon on rock." (v5b)We all look for it. We all refuse to live without it. We all think we've found it, but it can only really be found one place. What is it that I'm talking about? Well, here it is; every human being is on a search somehow someway to find that solid rock on which to stand. That one thing that they can bank on. That one thing that will keep them upright when the storms of life are raging. That one thing that will remain firm for the duration. That one thing that will give them security when nothing ... [read more]
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"Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence." (v.12b)It really does hurt when you've been falsely accused. It's painful to think that someone is convinced that you did something that you didn't do. It's frustrating to be accused of a wrong you had nothing to do with. It's maddening when you seem to be able to do nothing to explain or defend yourself. All of us have experienced it. We play the accusation over and over in the DVD player in our brain. We rewind the accusatory conversation. We wonder what people think about us, h... [read more]
add to discussion"...be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord." (v.14b)Rest:a faint dream for manya treasured commodity in a fallen world,a thing so needed,yet so easily interrupted.The Garden was a place ofrest, no violence in creationno weed or thornno cleft between God and manno reason to hideno cause for fearno need unmetno grief to face.Bright sunpure loveunfettered peaceunstained beauty man and Godworship and love.But a voiceinterrupted the rest:strategies of deathwords of deceitactions of rebellionfingers of blameexpulsion from the Gardenjudgment and deathrest interruptedrest shattered.So we wa... [read more]
add to discussion"...that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and seek him in his holy temple." (v.4b)Now, admit it, you love you and you have a wonderful plan for your life. Somehow someway we all are too focused on our own lives. All of us get captured by what we want, what we feel, and what we have determined we need. Everyone of us is a dreamer. We've all been given the amazing capacity to envision the future and to plan toward it. A dream is imagination, coupled with desire and projected into the future. There are things that you'd love to h... [read more]
add to discussion"When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, when my enemies and foes attack me, they will stumble and fall." (v.2)What is it that the Psalms look to? What's the theme that courses its way through Psalm after Psalm? What gives the Psalms their meaning and depth? The things that the Psalms point to again and again aren't things at all. No, it's a person and his name is Jesus. It's not as though some of the Psalms are Messianic. All of the Psalms point to the person and work of the Savior in some way! Psalm 27 is a powerful example.You can't help but think of the cross when you read ... [read more]
add to discussion"...to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and seek him in his holy temple." (v.4b)I would like to thinkthat others are blind,but I am not.I would like to thinkthat I haveclarity of vision,a penetrating insightthat lights my way.I am goodat recognizingthe sight problems of others.I am skilledat pointing outthe gaps in their visionand the blind spotsthat alter how they seeand the way theyrespond.I would like tobelievethat I have 20/20 vision,but the evidence pointsto the sad fact thatI don't.I have the stunning abilityto look aroundand not see You.I see mybusy scheduletasks to completeproblems ... [read more]
add to discussion"Teach me your way, O Lord; lead me in a straight path because of my oppressors." (v11)Do you think that you've arrived? Do you tend to think that you've learned what you need to learn and now know what you need to know? Do you see yourself as having more answers than questions? Do your carry around a hunger to know? Do you want to understand more deeply and more fully? Do you have a humble, open, and seeking heart? Are you approaching life with the mentality of a student?Here is a prayer to be taught. Do you pray this? How often? I think there's much pride of knowing and the accompanying m... [read more]
add to discussion"...for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence." (v.12)"Breathing out violence," perhaps no two words in Scripture more dramatically capture the powerfully damaging presence of sin than these two words. Imagine a human being, who was made in the image of God, made for loving worship of the Lord and loving community with others, getting to the place where they've fallen so far from God's original intention that they actually exhale violence! You don't have to look very far to see the dramatic damage that sin does to human beings. The high rate of divorce, the violence tha... [read more]
add to discussion"For in the day of trouble he will keep me safe in his dwelling..." (v.5)It's a problem as people face marriage. It's a problem as people think about the workplace. It's a problem as couples anticipate the birth of their first child. It's a problem as we think about our friendships. It's a problem as people think about their life in the church. What is the problem that I'm talking about? It's the problem of unrealistic expectations. Why do we have unrealistic expectations for all of these inescapable dimensions of human life? We have them because we don't take seriously what the Bible has t... [read more]
add to discussion"The Lord is my light and salvation - whom shall I fear?" (v.1)In a world that is held in such deep darknesswhere the light of truthoften seems more of a flickerthan a flame,in a world where deceitdishonestyfalsehoodand foolishnessdivert and distortthe lives of so many,in times when a myriadvoicessay so muchabout so many things,where confusion seemsreadily availableand clarity seemshard to find,in a world where opinionsrise to a placewhere only truth should be,and every voiceseems to get an equal hearing,in the constant cacophonyof ten thousandcontradictory voices, it is a wonderfuland amaz... [read more]
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