Psalm 116: 1 I love Adonai, for He hears my voice, my cries. 2 Because He has turned His ear to me, I will call on Him all my days.
5 Adonai is gracious and righteous— yes, our God is compassionate. 6 Adonai protects the simple-hearted. When I was brought low, He saved me. 7 Return to your rest, my soul, for Adonai has been good to you.
10 I trusted even when I said, “I am very afflicted”— 11 even when I said in my haste, “All men are liars.” 12 How can I repay Adonai for all His bounties to me? 13 I will lift up the cup of salvation, and call on the Name of Adonai. 14 I will fulfill my vows to Adonai in the presence of all His people. source
1 Help, Lord, for no faithful one remains; the loyal have disappeared from the human race. 2 They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and deceptive hearts. 3 May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and the tongue that speaks boastfully. 4 They say, “Through our tongues we have power; our lips are our own—who can be our master?”
5 “Because of the devastation of the needyand the groaning of the poor,I will now rise up,” says the Lord.“I will provide safety for the one who longs for it.”
6 The words of the Lord are pure words,like silver refined in an earthen furnace,purified seven times.
7 You, Lord, will guard us;you will protect us from this generation forever.8 The wicked prowl all around,and what is worthless is exalted by the human race.source
As I said. Today’s headline. But there is Good News! The LORD has come! For the One who longs for Him. Whoever that One is. However many Ones. He has come.
Psalm 92 (NLT)1 It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High. 2 It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning,
4 You thrill me, Lord, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done. 5 O Lord, what great works you do! And how deep are your thoughts.
12 But the godly will flourish . . . 14 Even in old age they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green. 15 They will declare, “The Lord is just! He is my rock! There is no evil in him!” source
And all GOD’s people said: Amen! There is no evil in Him!
Adonai, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes lofty, nor do I go after things too great or too difficult for me. 2 But I have calmed and quieted my soul— like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. 3 O Israel, put your hope in Adonai from this time forth and forever.source
Verse 1. Nor do I go after things too great or too difficult for me.
What is He saying?
First I was taken back to proud and lofty. The word arrogant came to mind too. What would entice me to go after things too great or too difficult for me?
Pride.
So what are these things that are too great and too difficult for me? I suppose this could vary from person to person. But I can think of something even though varied would be the same person to person.
Sin.
Sin is too strong for me. Once I begin to go after it, pursue it, it overwhelms me. It takes over. It consumes. It’s too great for me. Then it becomes too difficult. The weight of it. The penalty of it. It’s too much. Too much for me to bear.
So lets don’t! Lets don’t go after it. Don’t pursue it. Don’t make provision for it. (Romans 13:14) As to all those great and difficult things that are not sin; that do not have shame and guilt and evil and PRIDE attached to them, lets do go after them!
Lets go after JESUS! Seek Him! When we do, more than you or I can imagine will be given to us. Great things. And yes difficult things too; but those difficult matters and circumstances become glorious things in His Hands. (Matthew 6:33. I Corinthians 2:9)
That’s it. That’s what I got from Psalm 131 – at least this time. :)
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